Globalization and the Gulf

Name: Globalization and the Gulf
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ISBN: 9780415770149

ISBN-10: 0415770149

ISBN-13: 9780415770149

Edition: 2006

Authors: John W. Fox, Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Mohammed Al-Mutawa

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For centuries, the Arabian Gulf has been a crossroads where seafaring people and Bedouins alike traveled great distances transacting business. Events of the past few years, both good and bad, have directed the world's attention to the Arabian Peninsula, where a rich cultural tradition is rapidly incorporating the latest innovations from around the world. This is the process of globalization. New economies create enormous potential, but it will require great care for the people of the region to steer through a period of profound change. Political and economic interests intent on maintaining the flow of petroleum products on one hand, and people in the Gulf region who assess their won…

Book details

List price: $53.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/24/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of illustrations


Foreword



Overview of globalization synchronized with Gulf social norms, c. 1970-2006



The Arab Gulf region: traditionalism globalized or globalization traditionalized?




Globalizations concepts, history, dynamics, and consequences



The concept of security in a globalizing world




Globalization at the beginnings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries




Globalization as economic phenomenon: a critical interpretation




The trends in globalization critiqued




Globalization, politics, and identity in the Arab world



How likely is democracy in the Gulf?




An argument for enhancing Arab identity within globalization




The Gulf engulfed: confronting globalization American-style




Globalization in the Gulf



Saudi Arabia's role in the global economy




The impact of globalization on Arab Gulf States




An overview of international relations from the Arabian Gulf




Foreign matter: the place of strangers in Gulf society




Ambivalent anxieties of the South Asian-Gulf Arab labor exchange




The evolution of the Gulf city type, oil, and globalization




Heritage revivalism in Sharjah



Index