Alienation or Integration of Arab Youth: Between Family, State and Street [Paperback]

An anthology of contributions from eleven renowned specialists in the field who deal with topics that effect Arab youth in the Middle East the most, such as demographic growth, rising unemployment, and the difficult prospects of their future. Apart from studies on violence and youth in the Algerian civil war, the book offers new insights into generational conflicts and attempts by contemporary youth to overcome their alienation by creating their own eclectic cultural solutions to the problems of tradition and modernity. The book is based on the latest research and opinion surveys held in different Arab countries.Renowned specialists write on topics affecting Arab youth in the Middle East the most, such as demographic growth, rising unemployment, and the difficult prospects for the future. The book offers new insight into generational conflicts and attempts by contemporary youth to overcome their alienation by creating their own eclectic cultural solutions to the problems of tradition and modernity.Introduction, Roel Meijer; Part I Background to present day youth problems; Chapter One Arab youth today: The generation gap, identity crisis and democratic deficit, Gema Mart?n Mu?oz; Chapter Two The demographic inflection of the southern Mediterranean: Reasons for optimism, Youssef Courbage; Part II Political generations; Chapter Three Youth and Arab politics: The political generation of 193536, Haggai Erlich; Chapter Four The Egyptian generation of 1967: Reaction of the young to national defeat, Ahmed Abdalla; Chapter Five Youth, the street and violence in Algeria, Luis Martinez; Chapter Six Morocco's next political generation, Mark Tessler; Part III Constructing new identities; Chapter Seven Legitimate subversion and the symbolism of integration in Ra? music in Algeria, Hadj Miliani; Chapter Eight Youth in Morocco: An indicator of a changing society, Mounia Bennani-Chra?bi; Chapter Nine Caught between two worlds: Youth in the Egyptian hinterland, Barbara Ibrahim, Hindl“+