Migration, labor and business in the worlding cities of the Arabian Peninsula

Gardner Andrew M.

No 513, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: This short essay, built on a foundation of more than a decade of fieldwork in the hydrocarbon-rich societies of the Arabian peninsula, distills a set of overarching threads woven through much of that time and work. Those threads include a discussion of the social heterogeneity of the Gulf State citizenries, the central role of development and urban development in these emergent economies, the multifaceted impact of migrants and migration upon these host societies, and the role of foreign 'imagineers' in the portrayal of Gulf societies, Gulf values, and Gulf social norms.

Keywords: Gulf Countries; Migrant labor; Migration; Urban development; Anthropolgy; Arabian Gulf States; Demography; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F66 J11 J61 N35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03-01
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