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

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Histories of Migration to the Gulf / Omar AlShehabi
  • The Politics of Migration / Abdulhadi Khalaf
  • Overcoming Methodological Nationalism: Spatial Perspectives on Migration to the Gulf Arab States / Adam Hanieh
  • Part II: Dimensions of Gulf Migration: Law, Urban Space, Gender
  • Kafala: Foundations of Migrant Exclusion in GCC Labour Markets / Mohammed Dito
  • Rootless Hubs: Migration, Urban Commodification and the "Right to the City" in the GCC / Omar AlShehabi
  • Construction Work, "Bachelor" Builders and the Intersectional Politics of Urbanisation in Dubai / Michelle Buckley
  • Part III: Gulf Migrants: Broadening Perspectives
  • Bahrain's Migrant Security Apparatus / K.T. Abdulhameed
  • Expat/Expert Camps: Redefining "Labour" Within Gulf Migration / Neha Vora
  • In and Out Moves of the Bahraini Opposition: How Years of Political Exile Led to the Opening of an International Front During the 2011 Crisis in Bahrain / Claire Beaugrand
  • Part IV: Conclusion
  • Migrant Rights in the Gulf: Charting the Way Forward / Adam Hanieh.