GENÇLİK ARAŞTIRMALARI DERGİSİ
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The Impact of War and Conflict in
Worsening the Problems of Middle
Eastern Youngsters: A Proposal for
Future Social Policies
Yaser Snoubar*
Copyright © 2017
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
Journal of Youth Researches • April 2017 • 5(1) • 63-78
ISSN 2147-8473
Received
| 01 March 2017
Accepted
| 10 April 2017
Abstract
Young people in many Middle East countries are one of the most important groups that has been
marginalized and deprived from participation in the political, economic and social life over the long
decades. Wars and conflicts in the region have increased the problems experienced by young peo-
ple. While unemployment and economic problems are the top of crisis experienced by young people
in the Middle East before wars and conflicts, the participation in acts of violence or exposure to it and
the consequences related to situation such as killings, imprisonment, resorting to other countries
and referring to Middle Eastern young people as terrorists and racial discrimination against them
have become the most important characteristics of the crisis and the problems experienced by
Middle East youngsters. In this article, the problems experienced by the young people in the Middle
East coupled with the impact of ongoing wars and conflicts which have exacerbate the crisis of the
young people within the regions and its future repercussions are reviewed. In the light of this, various
management perspectives are reviewed. There is also a proposed model for future social policies
that aims to solve the crisis faced by Middle East youngsters and to integrate them into the society.
Keywords:
Young People, Middle East, Wars and Conflicts, Management Perspective, Social Ser-
vice, Social Policy
E X T E N D E D A B S T R A C T
* Dr., Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Lecturer at Department of Social Work,
** MSc. Student, Ankara University, Department of Business Administration,
Salisu Musah**
