Domesticating Youth: Youth Bulges and their Socio-political Implications in Tajikistan (Integration and Conflict Studies, 8)

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.

• | Author: Sophie Roche
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1785332120
• | ISBN-13: 9781785332128