Bedouins Into Bourgeois: Remaking Citizens for Globalization

ISBN-13: 9781107175723 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 262 str.

Calvert W. Jones

Opis

An examination of how state-led social engineering in the United Arab Emirates is reshaping citizens for globalization and a post-petroleum future.

Recenzje

'Bedouins into Bourgeois offers a unique window into the making of citizens in a rapidly evolving Middle East. With innovative fieldwork and a sharply conceived theoretical lens, this path-breaking book sheds light on the paradoxical effects of the efforts of the rulers of the United Arab Emirates to shape a new kind of citizen.' Marc Lynch, George Washington University, Washington DC

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Rethinking the making of citizens; 2. Seeing like a Sheikh; 3. Enlightenment under autocracy; 4. Symbolism, spectacle, and the shaping of the post-petroleum citizen; 5. From enlightenment to entitlement: intended and unintended outcomes of social engineering; 6. Explaining the paradox of the entitled patriot; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: ethnography, interviews, and focus groups; Appendix B: survey evidence.