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Domesticating youth : the youth bulge and its socio-political implications in Tajikistan / Sophie Roche ; foreword, Günther Schlee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roche, Sophie.
- Series:
- Integration and conflict studies ; v. 8.
- Integration and Conflict Studies ; Volume 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Tajikistan.
- Youth.
- Youth--Tajikistan--Social conditions.
- Age distribution (Demography)--Tajikistan.
- Age distribution (Demography).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most of the Muslim societies of the world have entered a demographic transition from high to low fertility, and this process is accompanied by an increase in youth vis-à-vis other age groups. Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a "youth bulge" increases the potential for conflict or whether it represents a chance to accumulate wealth and push forward social and technological developments. This book introduces the discussion about youth bulge into social anthropology. Tajikistan, a post-Soviet country that experienced civil war in the 1990s, is in the middle of such
- Contents:
- Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword The Construction of Life Phases and Some Facts of Life; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration and Usage; Introduction Youth (Bulges) and Conflict; Chapter 1 Placing the Field Sites in Their Context; Chapter 2 'Why Didn't You Take a Side?'; Chapter 3 'Siblings Are as Different as the Five Fingers of a Hand'; Chapter 4 'The Gift of Youth'; Chapter 5 'The Only Thing in Life that Makes You Feel Like a King'; Chapter 6 'Youth Are Our Future'; Conclusion The Dynamics of Youth Bulges as a Question of Domestication; Appendix; Glossary
- BibliographyIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781782382638
- 1782382631
- OCLC:
- 900282624
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