Socio-cultural adaptation of second-generation Afghans in Iran

Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad; Sadeghi, Rasoul

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Socio-cultural adaptation of second-generation Afghans in Iran

Date

2014

Authors

Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad

Sadeghi, Rasoul

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The long-term settlement of Afghan immigrants in Iran, along with their high fertility, has produced an important shift in the composition of their population with the emergence of a "second generation". This article aims to examine how second-generation