Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood

by Marc Sommers

Book Overview

Young people are transforming the global landscape. As the human popu­lation today is younger and more urban than ever before, prospects for achieving adulthood dwindle while urban migration soars. Devastated by genocide, hailed as a spectacular success, and critiqued for its human rights record, the Central African nation of Rwanda provides a compelling setting for grasping new challenges to the world's youth.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820338915
• ISBN13: 9780820338910
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"