Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf

Abstract

The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the working population is composed of temporary, migrant workers with no citizenship rights. The cheap and transitory labour power these workers provide has created the prodigious and extraordinary development boom across the region, and neighbouring countries are almost fully dependent on the labour markets of the Gulf to employ their working populations. For these reasons, the Gulf takes a central place in contemporary debates around migration and labour in the global economy. This book attempts to bring together and explore these issues.

Citation

Hanieh, A., AlShehabi, O., & Khalaf, A. (Eds.). (2014). Transit States: Labour, Migration and Citizenship in the Gulf. Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183p1j8

• Book Type: Edited Book
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jan 22, 2015
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• ISBN: 9780745335209
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183p1j8
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