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The UAE: Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition

The UAE: Geopolitics, Modernity and Tradition

Gueraiche, William

Hardcover

Series: International Library of Human Geography

Arabian PeninsulaGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1784539309
ISBN13: 9781784539306
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: May 30 2017
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
William Gueraiche's work is the first scholarly study of the UAE's campaign to establish itself on the international stage and to explore the impact that its economic transformation has had on the country. Emirati society remains at core conservative and the preservation of Arab-Islamic identity remains important, yet the UAE has the highest proportion of foreigners of any country in the world. What does this mean for the identity of Emiratis living there and what are the implications for foreigners working there? The author also explores the environmental costs of the Dubai lifestyle, its 'Look East' policy and increasing volume of trade with eastern Asia, and the ways in which the UAE has sought to challenge the traditional hegemony of Saudi Arabia in the region. In a final chapter the author examines the impact of the economic depression that called the whole representation of Dubai into question.

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