| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Rethinking the making of citizens -- Seeing like a sheikh -- Enlightenment under autocracy -- Symbolism, spectacle, and the shaping of the post-petroleum citizen -- From enlightenment to entitlement : intended and unintended outcomes of social -- Engineering -- Explaining the paradox of the entitled patriot -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Ethnography, interviews, and focus groups -- Appendix B: Survey evidence -- References. |
| Summary |
An examination of how state-led social engineering in the United Arab Emirates is reshaping citizens for globalization and a post-petroleum future. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rural development -- United Arab Emirates.
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Rural development. |
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United Arab Emirates. |
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Bedouins -- Sedentarization -- United Arab Emirates.
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Bedouins -- Sedentarization. |
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Bedouins -- United Arab Emirates -- Social conditions.
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Bedouins. |
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United Arab Emirates -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
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Bedouins -- Social conditions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107175723 |
| ISBN |
9781316816639 (electronic book) |
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131681663X (electronic book) |
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9781316800010 (electronic book) |
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1316800016 (electronic book) |
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9781107175723 (hardback) |
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1107175720 (hardback) |
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9781316625941 (paperback) |
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131662594X |
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