Monarchies and nations
globalisation and identity in the Arab States of the Gulf
- ISBN: 9781848858664
- Editorial: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Fecha de la edición: 2013
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 320
- Idiomas: Inglés
Papel: Rústica
35,82 €
32,24 €
Sin Stock. Disponible en 5/6 semanas.
In most academic literature, however, they are treated as if their only importance were as counters on a strategic game board. This book takes a different approach. By combining the views of anthropologists, political scientists and others, it explores how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. As elsewhere in a supposedly 'globalizing' world, local identity is at a premium. "The Gulf" provides extreme examples, not only because these polities are so dependent on transnational flows of wealth and imagery, but because at home the citizen work-force is often out-numbered by migrant labour. The resultant identity-construction embraces an acute yet singular nationalism.
