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List of contents
1. Limbo statuses and precarious citizenship; 2. Making the nation: citizens, 'guests' and ambiguous legal statuses; 3. Demographic growth, migrant policing, and naturalization as a 'national security' threat; 4. Permanently deportable: the formal and informal institutions of the Kaf¿la system; 5. 'Tä¿l Bachir' (come tomorrow): the politics of waiting for identity papers; 6. Identity regularization and passport outsourcing: turning minorities into foreigners; 7. Conclusion; 8. Methodological appendix; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Noora Lori is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University. She was a scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and received the 2014 Best Dissertation Award from the Migration and Citizenship section of the American Political Science Association.
Summary
Combining the study of minorities with migrants, this book examines the citizenship and migration polices of the United Arab Emirates to show how time is used to construct and police national boundaries. It will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the challenges of citizenship in an era of migration.
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'Lori's work is of far-reaching relevance beyond its obvious interest to scholars - and indeed historians - of the Gulf … With her book, Lori thus convincingly challenges the neat binary of citizens and aliens, highlighting the ambiguities and ambivalences that can exist within the grey area - or areas - between the two.' Thomas McGee, Statelessness and Citizenship Review
