1st Edition
Youth in the Former Soviet South Everyday Lives between Experimentation and Regulation
1. Introduction. Bridging the gap: the concept of ‘youth’ and the study of Central Asia and the Caucasus Stefan B. Kirmse 2. In the marketplace for styles and identities: globalization and youth culture in southern Kyrgyzstan Stefan B. Kirmse 3. From youth bulge to conflict: the case of Tajikistan Sophie Roche 4. Embracing globalization: university experiences among youth in contemporary Kyrgyzstan Alan J. DeYoung 5. Forging ahead: Azerbaijan’s new generation and social change Eric Lepisto 6. ‘Urbanizing’ Bishkek: interrelations of boundaries, migration, group size and opportunity structure Philipp Schröder 7. Education, youth and Islam: the growing popularity of private religious lessons in Dushanbe, Tajikistan Manja Stephan 8. What’s in a name? The personal and political meanings of ‘LGBT’ for non-heterosexual and transgender youth in Kyrgyzstan Cai Wilkinson with Anna Kirey 9. School, work and community-level differences in Afghanistan and Tajikistan: divergence in secondary school enrolment of youth Christopher M. Whitsel and Weeda Mehran 10. Disjuncture 2.0: youth, Internet use and cultural identity in Bishkek Hans Ibold 11. Post-Communist youth: is there a Central Asian pattern? Ken Roberts
Biography
Stefan B. Kirmse is a lecturer and research fellow at the Department of Eastern European History, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. His research and teaching focuses on Russia and post-Soviet Central Asia.
