Asian migrant workers in the Arab Gulf States: the growing foreign population and their lives

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States' examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates).00Instead of assuming that segregation is disadv...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ishii, Masako (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2020]
Schriftenreihe:The intimate and the public in Asian and global perspectives 10
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Zusammenfassung:Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States' examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates).00Instead of assuming that segregation is disadvantageous for migrant workers, it emphasizes multiple aspects and presents various voices. In this way, the book tries to unfold the region?s segregated socioeconomic space, as well as its new forms of networking and connectedness, in order to understand how the various peoples coexist: a situation that often entails conflict and discrepancies between expectations and reality
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 266 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789004395404
DOI:10.1163/9789004395404