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1 online resource (xv, 179 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Is Qatar actually a suitable ally or a legitimate partner for the United States? Under Qatari labor law, foreign workers are actually owned, for all practical purposes, by their Qatari sponsors in a system akin to slavery. This book chronicles the experience of an American executive working in Qatar and delves into Qatar?'s feudal work-sponsorship system, showing that an economic great leap forward is not necessarily accompanied by modernization, despite superficial emblems; that prosperity and democracy need not go hand in hand; and that being a US ally may be totally unrelated to any notion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Qatar -- Politics and government.
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Qatar. |
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Politics and government. |
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Qatar -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Qatar -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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Qatar -- Foreign economic relations.
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International economic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Baum, Jennifer.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780875869551 0875869556 (DLC) 2012032095 |
| ISBN |
0875869564 (electronic book) |
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9780875869568 (electronic book) |
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9780875869551 (alkaline paper) |
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0875869556 (alkaline paper) |
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9780875869544 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0875869548 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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