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

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

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 co...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (292 p.)
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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

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