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Author Sommers, Marc.

Title Dowry and division [electronic resource] : youth and state building in South Sudan / Marc Sommers and Stephanie Schwartz.

Imprint Washington, DC : U.S. Institute of Peace, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  Y 3.P 31:20/295    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource ([16] p.)
Series Special report ; 295
Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 295.
Note Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 21, 2011).
"November 2011."
Summary This is one in a series of United States Institute of Peace special reports on state building in the Republic of South Sudan following its creation on July 9, 2011. Each report analyzes an aspect of the state-building challenge and recommends priorities for the government of South Sudan. This report assesses the situation, priorities, and expectations of South Sudan's massive youth population in the context of building the new nation. Drawing from field interviews with youth, adults, and government and non-government officials in the capital, Juba, the mainly pastoralist oil-rich state of Unity, and the mainly agricultural state of Western Equatoria, this report found that strikingly conservative cultural norms are mixing with new social and economic changes to create a host of pressing challenges. The report highlights the impact of dramatic dowry (bride price) inflation on youth and finds that it is stimulating rises in insecurity, crime, and population growth while intensifying threats against and control over female youth.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-[16]).
Contents Introduction -- Research methods and youth definitions in South Sudan -- The South Sudanese context -- The situation and priorities of youth in South Sudan -- Recommendations.
Subject Dowry -- South Sudan.
Youth -- South Sudan.
Nation-building -- South Sudan.
South Sudan -- Social life and customs.
Added Author Schwartz, Stephanie.
United States Institute of Peace.
Gpo Item No. 1063-K (online)
Sudoc No. Y 3.P 31:20/295

 
    
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