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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811802603321

Autore

Roche Sophie

Titolo

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

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

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