General Information

Language

English.

Published

New York : International Debate Education Association, c2012.

Physical Description

201 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Weeks, John Robert, 1944-

Fugate, Debbie L.

Subjects

Subject

Youth > Social aspects.

Youth > Economic aspects.

Age distribution (Demography)

Demographic transition.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

John R. Weeks and Debbie L. Fugate, editors.

Content

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Youth Bulge Emerges -- The Cohort as a Concept in the Study of Social Change / Norman B. Ryder -- Youth as a Force in the Modern World / Herbert Moller -- Youth Cohorts and Political Unrest in South Korea / Forrest R. Pitts -- pt. 2 Does the Youth Bulge Contribute to Conflict and Violence? -- The Evolution of Studies on the Youth Bulge, Violence, and Conflict / Debbie L. Fugate -- Male Age Composition and Severity of Conflicts / Neil I. Wiener -- The Young and the Restless: Population Age Structure and Civil War / Sarah Staveteig -- pt. 3 Is the Youth Bulge an Economic Burden or a Demographic Dividend? -- Demographic Transitions and the "Demographic Dividend" / Jaypee Sevilla -- What Is the Demographic Dividend? / Andrew Mason -- Why Do Some Countries Have a Demographic Dividend and Others Do Not? / John R. Weeks -- pt. 4 How Does the Youth Bulge Operate as an Agent of Political Change? -- The Demographic Fit Between the United States and Latin America / John R. Weeks -- Half a Chance: Youth Bulges and Transitions to Liberal Democracy / Richard P. Cincotta.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 207 - Donation of the Open Society Institute-Budapest

ISBN

9781617700422

1617700428

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	305.235 WEE		OSA Repository	-

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