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

• Autore: Roche Sophie
• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.23509586
• Soggetto topico: Youth - Tajikistan; Youth - Tajikistan - Social conditions; Age distribution (Demography) - Tajikistan
• Altri autori: SchleeGünther
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Domesticating youth
• ISBN: 1-78238-263-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789015703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Integration and conflict studies ; ; v. 8.