Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems [Risorsa elettronica] : 9th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2009, Lisbon, Portugal, June 9-11, 2009. Proceedings / edited by David Hutchison, Takeo Kanade, Josef Kittler, Jon M. Kleinberg, Friedemann Mattern, John C. Mitchell, Moni Naor, Oscar Nierstrasz, C. Pandu Rangan, Bernhard Steffen, Madhu Sudan, Demetri Terzopoulos, Doug Tygar, Moshe Y. Vardi, Gerhard Weikum, Twittie Senivongse, Rui Oliveira

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009260640403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2009
• ISBN: 9783642021640
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Computer Science , 0302-9743 ; 5523
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Risorsa elettronica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Domesticating youth : the youth bulge and its socio-political implications in Tajikistan / / Sophie Roche ; foreword, Günther Schlee

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464439503321
• Autore: Roche Sophie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78238-263-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Collana: Integration and Conflict Studies ; ; Volume 8
• Altri autori (Persone): SchleeGünther
• Disciplina: 305.23509586
• Soggetti: Youth - Tajikistan; Youth - Tajikistan - Social conditions; Age distribution (Demography) - Tajikistan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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