The Sociology of Central Asian Youth: Choice, Constraint, Risk
Mohd.Aslam Bhat, "The Sociology of Central Asian Youth: Choice, Constraint, Risk "
English | ISBN: 0815380607 | 2018 | 174 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0815380607 | 2018 | 174 pages | PDF | 2 MB
At the onset of the twenty-first century, ‘youth studies’ emerged as a distinct field of inquisition. Discourses and debates in the field have since become more sophisticated, and the spectrum of analysis has likewise broadened. However, it is striking to note how little reference is made to young people of peripheral regions like Central Asia.
The Sociology of Central Asian Youth seeks to critically broaden the discussion on youth transitions discourse by moving beyond the geographical terrain of North America, Britain, Australia and Western Europe. The work establishes an in-depth understanding of young Central Asians, with a special focus on those in Uzbekistan. This is accomplished through the explanatory powers of the various forms of sociological theory and, specifically, by pursuing an ambitious aim: to introduce the classic sociological debate about the relationship between structure and agency in social behaviour into the study of modern Central Asia.
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