The New Arab Social Order: A Study of the Social Impact of Oil Wealth

ISBN-13: 9780367309763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str.

Saad E. Ibrahim

Opis

This book challenges the commonly accepted view of the impact of manpower movements across the Arab "wealth divide," looking at the new social formations, class structures, value systems, and social cleavages that have been emerging in both rich and poor Arab countries.

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Introduction -- Images of the New Social Order -- Inter-Arab Labor Migration -- Causes and Consequences of Labor Exportation: Egypt -- Causes and Consequences of Labor Importation: Saudi Arabia -- Inter-Arab Stratification -- The Challenge

O autorze

Saad Eddin Ibrahim is professor of sociology at The American University in Cairo and head of Arab affairs at Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. He is the author of numerous publications, including Kissinger and the Middle East (1975) and Trends of Arab Public Opinion Toward Arab Unity (1980).