Failed Emancipations: Youth Transitions, Migration and the Future in Morocco

Carles Feixa, José Sánchez-García (), Celia Premat and Nele Hansen
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Carles Feixa: Communication Deparment, Pompeu Fabra University, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
José Sánchez-García: Communication Deparment, Pompeu Fabra University, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Celia Premat: Social and Cultural Anthropology Department, University of Barcelona, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Nele Hansen: Communication Deparment, Pompeu Fabra University, 08018 Barcelona, Spain

Societies, 2022, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Several authors have highlighted the importance of marriage as a social marker that alters the social categorization of individuals and their relationships from youth to adulthood, according to the cultural construction of the life course in Arab countries. This article analyzes the interaction between the socio-political framework (structure) and the capacity for individual action (agency) in the context of biographical experiences for achieving emancipation in Morocco. This perspective responds to different authors’ demands to include young people’s subjective approaches in the analysis process. This study is guided by the following questions: What capacity do young Arabs have to decide the orientation of their life trajectories? Which factors (cultural, family, socioeconomic, educational, etc.) generate young people’s expectations regarding their transition to adult life? What are the social constrictions that lead to failure in the emancipation process, according to Arab societies?

Keywords: transition; emancipation; youth; Morocco (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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