The 바카라 사이트˜Youth Bulge바카라 사이트™ and Political Unrest in Iraq: A Political Economy Approach
The relationship between the 바카라 사이트˜youth bulge바카라 사이트™ and political unrest to understand when and why young Iraqis resort to violence or disruption
Abstract
This report reviews existing research on the relationship between the 바카라 사이트˜youth bulge바카라 사이트™ and political unrest in order to understand when and why young Iraqis resort to violence or disruption. There is some disagreement in the literature about whether youth bulges can be said to cause political violence and disruption or not. Some studies posit a simple causal relationship. Others argue 바카라 사이트“ more convincingly 바카라 사이트“ that neither demographic nor economic factors alone are enough to incite violence. The latter perspective maintains that the effects of protracted conflict and the specific nature of the country바카라 사이트™s political economy significantly shape young people바카라 사이트™s strategies for subsistence and social status. In Iraq, widespread youth unemployment combines with high levels of political exclusion, sectarian politics, militarization, perceptions of injustice, frustrated aspirations, war-related trauma, and the rapid breakdown and transformation of traditional institutions such as family and tribe. Together, these factors (and others not covered in this review) produce violence in specific moments. A systematic study of how Iraq바카라 사이트™s youth 바카라 사이트˜bulge바카라 사이트™ affects the country바카라 사이트™s political dynamics is warranted. There is little academic work on youth behaviour in Iraq but development organizations have conducted relevant small-scale studies in recent years. While these studies are locality and time-specific, they are an important source of information for this report. The academic literature is mined for cross-national analysis as well as comparative cases. The cross-national analyses are quantitative and their findings should be treated with the caution appropriate to all studies that do not account closely for contextual variation and those things which cannot be put in numbers.
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Citation
Amirali, A. (2019), The 바카라 사이트˜Youth Bulge바카라 사이트™ and Political Unrest in Iraq: A Political Economy Approach, K4D Helpdesk Report. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.