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Domesticating Youth: Youth Bulges and Their Socio-Political Implications in Tajikistan
Sophie Roche
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Description for Domesticating Youth: Youth Bulges and Their Socio-Political Implications in Tajikistan
Hardback. 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-a-vis other age groups. Political scientists and historians have debated whether such a "youth bulge" increases the potential for conflict.. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 316 pages, 21 ills, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FCD; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
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-a-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 a demographic transition. Sophie Roche takes ... Read more
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-a-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 a demographic transition. Sophie Roche takes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
Integration and Conflict Studies
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782382621
SKU
V9781782382621
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About Sophie Roche
Sophie Roche studied Central Asian Studies and Social Anthropology in Berlin and did long-term fieldwork in Tajikistan while at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany, between 2005 and 2010. She has conducted research on the impact of conflicts on individual biographies and on demographic change. Her most recent work focuses on Islam and has resulted in ... Read more
Reviews for Domesticating Youth: Youth Bulges and Their Socio-Political Implications in Tajikistan
This is an outstanding study of the 'youth bulge' in a remote country of Central Asia - Through her extensive field work, the author acquired a deep personal knowledge of the peculiarity of the country and its culture, for which little is available in the academic literature - This work is important not only for understanding the dynamics of the ... Read more