Domesticating youth : youth bulges and its socio-political implications in Tajikistan /

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Author / Creator:Roche, Sophie.
Imprint:New York : Berghahn, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 271 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Integration and conflict studies ; volume 8
Integration and conflict studies ; v. 8.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12020714
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ISBN:9781782382638
1782382631
1306690501
9781306690508
9781782382621
1782382623
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index.
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 a demographic transition. Sophie Roche develops a social anthropological approach to analyze demographic and political dynamics, and suggests a new way of thinking about social change in youth bulge societies.
Other form:Print version: Roche, Sophie. Domesticating youth. New York : Berghahn, 2014 9781782382621 1782382623
Standard no.:40023526236