ISBN:
9781782382638
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (292 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Integration and Conflict Studies v.8
DDC:
305.23509586
Keywords:
Jugend
;
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Tadschikistan
Abstract:
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.
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