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Migrant Dubai : low wage workers and the construction of a global city /

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Main Authors: Kathiravelu, Laavanya, 1980
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Global diversities
Subjects:
Foreign workers > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy Emirate
Immigrants > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy Emirate
Economic development > United Arab Emirates > Dubayy Emirate
Dubayy United Arab Emirates : Emirate > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
Dubayy United Arab Emirates : Emirate > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Carrier Form: x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781137450173
1137450177
Index Number: HD8666
CLC: D738.738
Call Number: D738.738/K196
Contents: 1. Introduction: Situating Dubai -- 2. Dubai as metaphor: corporate entity, global city, hope and mirage -- 3. Migrants and the state: structures of violence, co-ethnic exploitation and the transnationalisation of rights -- 4. Neoliberal narratives: migrant self-constructions and the performance of empowered subjectivities -- 5. The divided city: gated communities, everyday mobilities and public space -- 6. Social networks: informal solidarities and an ethic of "care" -- 7. Conclusion.

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