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Koltai argues that the current US approach to managing terrorism is primarily military in nature. Further, he argues that this approach will not be successful in the long run because the supply of recruits from terrorist organizations is drawn primarily from large unemployed youth cohorts in develop...

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Published inSmall business economics Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 717 - 720
Main Author Stough, Roger R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.10.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Business and Management
Developing countries
Entrepreneurship
Industrial Organization
Investments
LDCs
Management
Microeconomics
National security
Peace
Recruits
Startups
Terrorism
Unemployed people
Middle East
United States > US
Terrorism
Jobs
Unemployment
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Summary:Koltai argues that the current US approach to managing terrorism is primarily military in nature. Further, he argues that this approach will not be successful in the long run because the supply of recruits from terrorist organizations is drawn primarily from large unemployed youth cohorts in developing countries and in particular from Muslim-dominated countries. In Koltai’s view and argument, a long-run policy is needed to provide alternative future pathways for members of these cohorts. Entrepreneurship programs that create growth companies, and thus jobs, are the prescribed solution. Koltai provides not only a well-documented argument that undergirds his proposal but also draws on his experience in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries that demonstrate how such programs can be successful.
ISSN:0921-898X
1573-0913
DOI:10.1007/s11187-017-9850-1