Globalization and the Gulf

Features the work of scholars from both the Middle East and the West, who reflect on both the process of globalism and on the traditions of Gulf society and culture. This book also discusses how these trends interact within the global system.

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Other Authors: al-Mutawa, Mohammed, Fox, John W., Mourtada-Sabbah, Nada
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2006
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Table of Contents:
  • The Arab Gulf region : traditionalism globalized or globalization traditionalized? / John W. Fox, Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Mohammad Al-Mutawa
  • The concept of security in a globalizing world / Steve Smith
  • Globalization at the beginnings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / Roger Owen
  • Globalization as economic phenomenon : a critical interpretation / Tim Niblock
  • The trends in globalization critiqued / Ismail Sirageldin
  • How likely is democracy in the Gulf? / Khaldoun Al Naqeeb
  • An argument for enhancing Arab identity within globalization / Gaber Asfour
  • The Gulf engulfed : confronting globalization American-style / Michael C. Hudson
  • Saudi Arabia's role in the global economy / Rodney Wilson
  • The impact of globalization on Arab Gulf states / Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
  • An overview of international relations from the Arabian Gulf / Fred Halliday
  • Foreign matter : the place of strangers in Gulf society / Paul Dresch
  • Ambivalent anxieties of the South Asian-Gulf Arab labor exchange / John Willoughby
  • The evolution of the Gulf city type, oil, and globalization / Sulayman Khalaf
  • Heritage revivalism in Sharjah / John W. Fox, Nada Mourtada-Sabbah, Mohammed Al-Mutawa