Domesticating youth : youth bulges and their socio-political implications in Tajikistan
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Domesticating youth : youth bulges and their socio-political implications in Tajikistan
(Integration and conflict studies / Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, v. 8)
Berghahn, 2016
1st pbk. ed
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Hardback ed. published in 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 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
List of Maps, Figures and Tables
Foreword: The Construction of Life Phases and Some Facts of Life
Gunther Schlee
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration and Usage
Introduction: Youth (Bulge) and Conflict
Chapter 1. Placing the Field Sites in Their Context - A Demographic History
Chapter 2. 'Why Didn't You Take a Side?' -The Emergence of Youth Categories, Institutions and Groups
Chapter 3. 'Siblings are as Different as the Five Fingers of a Hand' - Developmental Cycle of Domestic Groups and Siblingship
Chapter 4. 'The Gift of Youth' - Workers, Religious Actors and Migrants
Chapter 5. 'The only Thing in Life that Makes you Feel like a King' - Marriage as an Indicator of Social and Demographic Changes
Chapter 6. 'Youth are our Future' - The State's Youth Categories Challenged by Youth
Conclusion: The Dynamics of Youth Bulge as a Question of Domestication
Appendix
Glossary of Selected Terms
Bibliography
Index
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