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‘Authoritarian Neoliberalism’ and Youth Empowerment in Jordan
- Source :
- Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 15(2), 244-263. Routledge
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This article examines youth entrepreneurship in Jordan in the context of the country's neoliberal reforms. Drawing on Foucauldian scholarship on neoliberal governmentality and the literature on authoritarian neoliberalism, we argue that youth empowerment is part of the Jordanian regime's strategy of subject formation along neoliberal lines through the dissemination of market ideas of competitiveness, enterprise society and self-responsibility. The article presents new empirical material that includes interviews conducted in Jordan and Egypt and highlights how the King's two initiatives display a win-win relationship for the regime and the youth alike without necessarily challenging the status.
- Subjects :
- 021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Entrepreneurship
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05 social sciences
Authoritarianism
0211 other engineering and technologies
Neoliberalism
Context (language use)
02 engineering and technology
050601 international relations
0506 political science
Youth empowerment
Scholarship
Political science
Political economy
Political Science and International Relations
Law
Governmentality
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17502977
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 15(2), 244-263. Routledge
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....315fde6ed5ce0535179da4406ac41d66