Transit states : labour, migration and citizenship in the Gulf /

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The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the working population is composed of temporary, migrant workers wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Khalaf, ʻAbd al-Hādī (Editor ), Shihābī, ʻUmar Hishām (Editor ), Hanieh, Adam, 1972- (Editor ), Patrick, Melanie (text designer.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Pluto Press, 2015.
Temas:
Foreign workers > Persian Gulf Region.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Economic history.
Emigration and immigration.
Foreign workers.
International economic relations.
Arbetsmigration.
Utländsk arbetskraft.
Ekonomiska förhållanden.
Internationell handel.
Emigranters överföringar av pengar till ursprungslandet.
Persian Gulf Region > Emigration and immigration.
Persian Gulf Region > Foreign economic relations.
Persian Gulf Region > Economic conditions.
Persique, Région du golfe > Émigration et immigration.
Persique, Région du golfe > Relations économiques extérieures.
Persique, Région du golfe > Conditions économiques.
Persian Gulf Region.
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Sumario:The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the working population is composed of temporary, migrant workers with no citizenship rights. The cheap and transitory labour power these workers provide has created the prodigious and extraordinary development boom across the region, and neighbouring countries are almost fully dependent on the labour markets of the Gulf to employ their working populations. For these reasons, the Gulf takes a central place in contemporary debates around migration and labour in the global economy. This book attempts to bring together and explore these issues. The relationship between 'citizen' and 'non-citizen' holds immense significance for understanding the construction of class, gender, city and state in the Gulf, however too often these questions are occluded in too scholarly or overly-popular accounts of the region. Bringing together experts on the Gulf, Transit States confronts the precarious working conditions of migrants in a accessible, yet in-depth manner.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781783712205
1783712201
9781783712229
1783712228
9781783712212
178371221X

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