{"product_id":"a-global-idea-youth-city-networks-and-the-struggle-for-the-arab-world-paperback-softback-9781501771101","title":"A Global Idea; Youth, City Networks, and the Struggle for the Arab World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501771101","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Global Idea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eYouth, City Networks, and the Struggle for the Arab World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMayssoun Sukarieh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501771101\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e186 pages, 3 maps - 3 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSukarieh's work stands out for its clarity and nuance, which are underpinned by rigorous fieldwork, providing a comprehensive assessment of the dynamic and complex interactions between governmental, corporate, civil society, and international development and aid organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e (International Journal of Middle East Studies) \u003cp\u003eThis book is an essential contribution to the scholarship of ideational transmission. Scholars in multiple fields would therefore be well-advised to engage with it.\u003c\/p\u003e (IJURR)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Global Idea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e outlines how youth—as shown by the Arab Spring uprisings and subsequent state responses—became a prominent social and political category during the first two decades of the twenty-first century in the Middle East.\u003c\/b\u003e Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, interview data, and textual analysis, Mayssoun Sukarieh explains that the spread of youth as an important category is linked to the operation of a \"global youth development complex,\" a diverse transnational network of state, private sector, civil society, and international development aid organizations that worked through key urban areas such as Washington, DC, Amman, and Dubai. In its analysis of the arrival, extension, and embedding of the youth development complex in the Middle East during this period, \u003ci\u003eA Global Idea\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a broader question that is of global and not just regional concern. How are certain ideas that are central to the working and reproduction of global capitalism able to travel the world so that they are found virtually everywhere?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676655874328,"sku":"9781501771101","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-global-idea-youth-city-networks-and-the-struggle-for-the-arab-world-paperback-softback-9781501771101","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}