This book is a sociological portrait of young people in present-day Bulgaria – twenty-five years after the beginning of the Change and seven years after the country’s accession to the European Union. The path passed since 1989 is the result of the aspirations and efforts of several generations. Although social reality does not match the bravest expectations of the first postcommunist generation or the requirements of today’s youth, it has created a qualitatively new environment for young people making their life choices. The co-authorship of this book is the product of a long collaboration between two Bulgarian researchers from different generations, but with a common interest in the social changes embodied in the change of generations. The study on which the book is based was launched on the initiative of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and follows the tradition and model of the Shell Youth Studies that have been conducted regularly in Germany since 1953, every three or four years. The idea of this kind of youth studies is to predict social developments by identifying the attitudes and values of the youngest generation. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has already published youth studies based on this model in Albania, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia; other countries in the region will follow.