Domesticating Youth : : Youth Bulges and their Socio-political Implications in Tajikistan / / Sophie Roche.

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• VerfasserIn: Roche, Sophie,
• MitwirkendeR: Schlee, Günther,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Integration and Conflict Studies ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)

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 using Tajikistan, a post-Soviet country that experienced civil war in the 1990s, which 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration and Usage -- Introduction: Youth (Bulges) and Conflict -- 1 Placing the Field Sites in Their Context: A Demographic History -- 2 ‘Why Didn’t You Take a Side?’: The Emergence of Youth Categories, Institutions and Groups -- 3 ‘Siblings Are as Different as the Five Fingers of a Hand’: The Developmental Cycle of Domestic Groups and Siblingship -- 4 ‘The Gift of Youth’: Workers, Religious Actors and Migrants -- 5 ‘The Only Thing in Life that Makes You Feel Like a King’: Marriage as an Indicator of Social and Demographic Change -- 6 ‘Youth Are Our Future’: Categories, Groups and the State -- Conclusion: The Dynamics of Youth Bulges as a Question of Domestication -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index