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Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf
Kamrava M
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Description for Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf
Paperback. The phenomenal growth of the countries of the Persian Gulf over the last two decades has been made possible through the labour of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers of all stripes and backgrounds from all over the world. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi disciplinary examination of the causes and consequences of this process. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran; Babar, Zahra. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFFN; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
In some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made-up of expatriate workers.Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the armies of migrant labourers employed in their countries, and there are equally fundamental social, cultural, and economic consequences involved as well. Despite the pervasive and farreaching nature of the phenomenon, to date there have not been any comprehensive, easily accessible studies of labour migration in the Persian Gulf. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi-disciplinary examination of the manifold causes, nature, ... Read more
In some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made-up of expatriate workers.Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the armies of migrant labourers employed in their countries, and there are equally fundamental social, cultural, and economic consequences involved as well. Despite the pervasive and farreaching nature of the phenomenon, to date there have not been any comprehensive, easily accessible studies of labour migration in the Persian Gulf. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi-disciplinary examination of the manifold causes, nature, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849042109
SKU
V9781849042109
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99-50
About Kamrava M
Mehran Kamrava is professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar. He is the author of a number of journal articles and books, including, most recently, The Modern Middle East: A Political History Since the First World War, and Iran's Intellectual Revolution. He has also edited The New Voices of Islam: Rethinking ... Read more
Reviews for Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf
'An excellent reader on the sensitive and often thorny issue of labour migration in the Gulf states. - the book has great originality and will make an important contribution not only to Gulf studies, but to migration studies in general, and perhaps even scholars of international political economy.'
Christopher Davidson, author of Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond and Power ... Read more
Christopher Davidson, author of Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond and Power ... Read more