Dubai - Gilded Cage

Informationen zum Autor Syed Ali currently teaches at Long Island University! Brooklyn! NY. Klappentext In less than 2 decades! Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business! tourism and luxury living. Ali examines how - and at what cost - Dubai has achieved such success! delving beneath the surface to reveal the divide between expatriate Westerners and native Emiratis. Zusammenfassung In less than two decades! Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business! tourism! and luxury living. It is a case study in light-speed urban development! hyperconsumerism! massive immigration! and vertiginous inequality. This work analyzes how and at what cost Dubai has achieved such success.

Product details

• Authors: Syed Ali, Ali Syed
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2010
• EAN: 9780300152173
• ISBN: 978-0-300-15217-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Arabian Peninsula, Asian History, Development economics & emerging economies, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Development economics and emerging economies, United Arab Emirates