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Is Qatar actually a suitable ally or a legitimate partner for the United States? Under Qatari labor law, foreign workers are actually owned, for all practical purposes, by their Qatari sponsors in a system akin to slavery. This book chronicles the experience of an American executive working in Qatar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beydoun, Nasser M. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Baum, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., [2012]
Temas:
Economic development > Qatar.
Développement économique > Qatar.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Economic development
Economic policy
International economic relations
Politics and government
Social conditions
Qatar > Politics and government.
Qatar > Social conditions.
Qatar > Economic policy.
Qatar > Foreign economic relations.
Qatar
Reference works
Reference works.
Ouvrages de référence.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Is Qatar actually a suitable ally or a legitimate partner for the United States? Under Qatari labor law, foreign workers are actually owned, for all practical purposes, by their Qatari sponsors in a system akin to slavery. This book chronicles the experience of an American executive working in Qatar and delves into Qatar?'s feudal work-sponsorship system, showing that an economic great leap forward is not necessarily accompanied by modernization, despite superficial emblems; that prosperity and democracy need not go hand in hand; and that being a US ally may be totally unrelated to any notion.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 179 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780875869568
0875869564

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