LEADER 04665oam 22008174a 450 001 9910169194303321 005 20241204174816.0 010 $a9780801462207 010 $a0801462207 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801462207 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036248 035 $a(OCoLC)732957092 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535043 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535043 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519832 035 $a(PQKB)10766426 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28788 035 $a(DE-B1597)489607 035 $a(OCoLC)1024044815 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801462207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138132 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468011 035 $a(OCoLC)858560445 035 $a(OCoLC)1048736316 035 $a(ScCtBLL)9323d599-d45b-4a04-95bc-668658806b15 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138132 035 $a(Perlego)2330036 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036248 100 $a20100119d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCity of Strangers$eGulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain /$fAndrew M. Gardner 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aIthaca :$cILR Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010. 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780801476020 311 08$a080147602X 311 08$a9780801448829 311 08$a0801448824 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : structural violence and transnational migration in the Gulf states -- Pearls, oil, and the British Empire : a short history of Bahrain -- Foreign labor in peril : the Indian transnational proletariat -- Strategic transnationalism : the Indian diasporic elite -- The public sphere : social clubs and voluntary associations in the Indian community -- Contested identities, contested positions : English-language newspapers and the public sphere -- The invigorated state : transnationalism, citizen, and state -- Conclusion : Bahrain at the vanguard of change in the Gulf. 330 $aIn City of Strangers, Andrew M. Gardner explores the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Like all the petroleum-rich states of the Persian Gulf, Bahrain hosts an extraordinarily large population of transmigrant laborers. Guest workers, who make up nearly half of the country's population, have long labored under a sponsorship system, the kafala, that organizes the flow of migrants from South Asia to the Gulf states and contractually links each laborer to a specific citizen or institution.In order to remain in Bahrain, the worker is almost entirely dependent on his sponsor's goodwill. The nature of this relationship, Gardner contends, often leads to exploitation and sometimes violence. Through extensive observation and interviews Gardner focuses on three groups in Bahrain: the unskilled Indian laborers who make up the most substantial portion of the foreign workforce on the island; the country's entrepreneurial and professional Indian middle class; and Bahraini state and citizenry. He contends that the social segregation and structural violence produced by Bahrain's kafala system result from a strategic arrangement by which the state insulates citizens from the global and neoliberal flows that, paradoxically, are central to the nation's intended path to the future.City of Strangers contributes significantly to our understanding of politics and society among the states of the Arabian Peninsula and of the migrant labor phenomenon that is an increasingly important aspect of globalization. 606 $aEthnology$zBahrain 606 $aEast Indians$xViolence against$zBahrain 606 $aForeign workers, East Indian$xViolence against$zBahrain 606 $aEast Indians$zBahrain 606 $aForeign workers, East Indian$zBahrain 607 $aBahrain$xEthnic relations 607 $aBahrain$xEmigration and immigration 607 $aIndia$xEmigration and immigration 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aEast Indians$xViolence against 615 0$aForeign workers, East Indian$xViolence against 615 0$aEast Indians 615 0$aForeign workers, East Indian 676 $a331.62/5405365 700 $aGardner$b Andrew$f1969-$0878948 712 02$aKnowledge Unlatched 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910169194303321 996 $aCity of strangers$91962642 997 $aUNINA