Migrant Dubai [electronic resource] : Low Wage Workers and the Construction of a Global City /
Kathiravelu, Laavanya.author.
This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.
Includes index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Situating Dubai2. Dubai as Metaphor. Corporate Entity, Global City, Hope and Mirage3. Migrants and the State. Structures of violence, co-ethnic exploitation and the transnationalisation of rights4. Neoliberal Narratives. Migrant self-constructions and the performance of empowered subjectivities5. The Divided City. Gated communities, everyday mobilities and public space6. Social Networks. Informal solidarities and an ethic of 'care'7. Conclusion.
This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnology—Middle East .
Sociology, Urban.
Area studies.
Economic sociology.
Ethnicity.
Migration.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Area Studies.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Ethnicity Studies.