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ISBN: | 9781782382638 1782382631 1306690501 9781306690508 9781782382621 1782382623
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Roche, Sophie. Domesticating youth. New York : Berghahn, 2014 9781782382621 1782382623
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Standard no.: | 40023526236
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