{"product_id":"creative-insecurity-dania-thafer-9780197756485","title":"Creative Insecurity: Institutional Inertia and Youth Potential in the Gcc","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe Middle East is experiencing the world's most prominent youth bulge. Yet many MENA economies' institutional designs, both formal and informal, favor the power of business elites, systematically discriminating against young people joining the workforce or opening businesses, and thus limiting their ability to contribute to innovation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLarge youth populations can be a boon or a curse: nurtured and integrated, they can jumpstart stratospheric growth; but if alienated and confined, they can drain a society politically and economically. The Gulf Cooperation Council countries are no exception to this perilous dilemma. This book explores the problem through a new concept, \"creative insecurity\" a state's subjection to an institutional ecosystem that is suppressing opportunities for innovation--to the extent that it is causing economic and political vulnerabilities, which in turn threaten national security. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCreative insecurity threatens the longevity of many states today. In this original, incisive study, Dania Thafer argues that GCC member-states should make it a national security imperative to cash in their demographic dividend, by averting the deleterious effects of ill-disposed elite politics. Investing in an innovation ecosystem that harnesses the talent of the youth majority will be crucial for the GCC's successful transition to the post-oil era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dania Thafer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197756484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197756485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.57h x 5.83w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Dania Thafer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365143769343,"sku":"9780197756485","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b6b5e1b-364a-45a0-82cf-98a43979bef1.jpg?v=1697056868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creative-insecurity-dania-thafer-9780197756485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}