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UNINA9910462769103321 |
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Beydoun Nasser M |
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The glass palace [[electronic resource] ] : illusions of freedom and democracy in Qatar / / Nasser M. Beydoun and Jennifer Baum |
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New York, : Algora Pub., c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Economic development - Qatar |
Electronic books. |
Qatar Politics and government |
Qatar Social conditions |
Qatar Economic policy |
Qatar Foreign economic relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction; Chapter 1: An Economic Hostage in Qatar; 1995: A New Qatar Begins to Take Shape; Stunning Economic and Population Growth; Who's Who in Qatar; Striking Oil; Independence; Understanding the Qatari Population; A Plan to Move Away from a Carbon-based Economy; Setting the Stage for 2022's World Cup; Chapter 2: A Wannabe Superpower: Qatar's Political and Military Involvement throughout the Middle East; Lebanon; Israel; Sudan; Yemen; Tunisia; Egypt; Libya; Syria; Influential but Ineffective? |
Chapter 3: How a Totalitarian Regime has taken on the Mantel of Bringing Democracy to the RegionThe Guise of Democracy in Qatar; A Decidedly Un-free Society; Women; Workplace and Working Conditions; Noncitizen Rights; Religious Freedoms; Internet Freedoms and Freedom of Speech; Annual Democracy Forums Hosted by a Totalitarian Regime; Using Al Jazeera as the Mouthpiece of the Government; Doha Debates; Shaping the Perception of Youth-in Qatar and Elsewhere; Promoting Democracy? Or Disillusioned Dreams of Controlling the World?; Chapter 4: A Sponsorship System Akin to Slavery |
Beyond the GCC: An In-Depth Look at the Kafala SystemFiling |
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Complaints and Demonstrating, Despite a Culture of Silence; A Country where the Vast Majority of the Population Has No Rights; Chapter 5: The Cost of Doing Business in Qatar; Chapter 6: The Opportunity of a Lifetime; Chapter 7: Arabian Nightmares; Chapter 8: Banned from Leaving; Criminal Charges; Human Rights Department; Chapter 9: Life in Qatar and the Never-ending Attempts to Remove the Travel Ban; U.S. Embassy; Removing the Travel Ban; Bounced Checks; Chapter 10: Going Public; Setting the Record Straight |
Facebook, Twitter & the MediaThe Audit Committee; Chapter 11: The Real Doha, Behind the Fancy Façade; Life on The Pearl; Day to Day Life; The Final Days; Arriving in Beirut; Detroit; Chapter 12: Moving On; Appendix I: It Could Happen to You: Western Companies Operating in Qatar (And Why They Are); American Education in the Gulf Desert; Research & Development to Bolster Qatar's Knowledge-based Economy; ExxonMobil: An American Behemoth in Qatar; A Growing Financial Services Sector; Rumors of Corruption and the Danger to Foreign Workers; Appendix II: Other Westerners Trapped in Qatar |
David ProctorPhilippe Bogaert; Other Victims; Ian Heywood; Tracy Edwards; Yves Pendeliau; Appendix III: Advice to Americans Looking to Work Abroad; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index |
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Is Qatar actually a suitable ally or a legitimate partner for the United States? Under Qatari labor law, foreign workers are actually owned, for all practical purposes, by their Qatari sponsors in a system akin to slavery. This book chronicles the experience of an American executive working in Qatar and delves into Qatar?'s feudal work-sponsorship system, showing that an economic great leap forward is not necessarily accompanied by modernization, despite superficial emblems; that prosperity and democracy need not go hand in hand; and that being a US ally may be totally unrelated to any notion |
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UNISALENTO991003229999707536 |
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Autore |
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus |
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De ira / Sénèque ; texte établi et traduit par A. Bourgery |
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Paris : Les Belles Lettres, 1951 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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XXIV, 109 p. (numerate doppie) ; 20 cm |
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Dialogues ; 1 |
Collection des universités de France |
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UNINA9910711746003321 |
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Titolo |
Emergency employment appropriations for 1975 : hearings before subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congresses, first session |
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Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 1975 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iii, 403, iv pages) |
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Public service employment - United States |
Legislative hearings. |
United States Appropriations and expenditures, 1975 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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