Values Education, the Family, and Youth in Tajikistan: Building Docile Subjects

This article examines the relationship between youth, the family, and the authoritarian state in Tajikistan. We argue that the state works through both young people and the family in its attempts to produce loyal citizens through values education that focuses on patriotism, national identity, and al...

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Published inProblems of post-communism Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 308 - 318
Main Authors Lemon, Edward, Torno, Swetlana, Rashidov, Tuychi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 04.07.2025
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Baltic and East European studies
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
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Summary:This article examines the relationship between youth, the family, and the authoritarian state in Tajikistan. We argue that the state works through both young people and the family in its attempts to produce loyal citizens through values education that focuses on patriotism, national identity, and allegiance to the state. We examine how the government frames this relationship through discourse analysis of 13 speeches by President Emomali Rahmon, an analysis of the content of laws on education and youth, a close reading of the official training program of the course "Family Education," and an ethnographic study of a "Girls' Competition."
ISSN:1075-8216
1557-783X
1557-783X
DOI:10.1080/10758216.2024.2350565