Coping with uncertainty : youth in the Middle East and North Africa / edited by Jörg Gertel and Ralf Hexel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gertel, Jörg, editor.

Hexel, Ralf, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Middle East--Social conditions.

Youth.

Youth--Africa, North--Social conditions.

Youth--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

North Africa.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

ix, 380 pages : color illustrations, color form ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Saqi Books, 2018.

Summary:

"Seven years after the Arab uprisings, the social situation has deteriorated across the Middle East and North Africa. Political, economic and personal insecurities have expanded and, against a backdrop of escalating armed conflicts and disintegrating state structures, many have been forced from their homes, creating millions of internally displaced persons and refugees. Young people are often the ones hit hardest by the turmoil. How do they cope with these ongoing uncertainties, and what drives them to pursue their own dreams, in spite of these hardships? This landmark volume offers the most in-depth, comprehensive study on young people in the Arab world to date. In 2016 and 2017, an international interdisciplinary team of researchers conducted interviews with nine thousand young people aged 16-30 from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. Given how rapidly events have moved in the Middle East and North Africa, their findings, which are drawn together in this volume, are in many regards unexpected." --from the publishers.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Youth in the MENA Region / Jorg Gertel

2.Uncertainty / Jorg Gertel

pt. I HABITS & VALUES

3.Values / David Kreuer

4.Religion / Rachid Ouaissa

5.Gender / Ines Braune

6.Family / Christoph H. Schwarz

pt. II ECONOMY

7.Economy and Employment / Jorg Gertel

8.Middle Class / Rachid Ouaissa

9.Hunger and Violence / Tamara Wyrtki

10.Mobility, Migration, and Flight / Ann-Christin Wagner

pt. III POLITICS & SOCIETY

11.Communication / Carola Richter

12.Politics / Sonja Hegasy

15.Mobilisation / Isabelle Werenfels

14.Civic Engagement / Friederike Stolleis

pt. IV COMPARING YOUTH

15.The FES MENA Youth Study and the German Shell Youth Study / Jorg Gertel

APPENDICES

Appendix I Methodology / Jorg Gertel

Appendix II Questionnaire

Appendix III Strata Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-376).

ISBN:

0863569609

9780863569609

OCLC:

1005536221