Migrant Dubai

1. Introduction: Situating Dubai
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2. Dubai as Metaphor: Corporate Entity, Global City, Hope and Mirage
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3. Migrants and the State: Structures of Violence, Co-ethnic Exploitation and the Transnationalisation of Rights
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4. Neoliberal Narratives: Migrant Self-Constructions and the Performance of Empowered Subjectivities
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5. The Divided City: Gated Communities, Everyday Mobilities and Public Space
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6. Social Networks: Informal Solidarities and an Ethic of “Care”
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7. Conclusion
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Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Migration, Middle Eastern Culture, Urban Studies/Sociology, Area Studies, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Ethnicity Studies