Bedouins into bourgeois : remaking citizens for globalization /

An examination of how state-led social engineering in the United Arab Emirates is reshaping citizens for globalization and a post-petroleum future.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Calvert W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Rural development > United Arab Emirates.
Bedouins > Sedentarization > United Arab Emirates.
Bedouins > United Arab Emirates > Social conditions.
Développement rural > Émirats arabes unis.
Bédouins > Sédentarisation > Émirats arabes unis.
Bédouins > Émirats arabes unis > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Bedouins > Sedentarization.
Bedouins > Social conditions.
Rural development.
Social conditions.
United Arab Emirates > Social conditions.
United Arab Emirates.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Rethinking the making of citizens
  • Seeing like a sheikh
  • Enlightenment under autocracy
  • Symbolism, spectacle, and the shaping of the post-petroleum citizen
  • From enlightenment to entitlement : intended and unintended outcomes of social
  • Engineering
  • Explaining the paradox of the entitled patriot
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Ethnography, interviews, and focus groups
  • Appendix B: Survey evidence
  • References.

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