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The glass palace [[electronic resource] ] : illusions of freedom and democracy in Qatar / / Nasser M. Beydoun and Jennifer Baum
| The glass palace [[electronic resource] ] : illusions of freedom and democracy in Qatar / / Nasser M. Beydoun and Jennifer Baum |
| Autore | Beydoun Nasser M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.95363 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BaumJennifer |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Qatar |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-87586-956-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462769103321 |
Beydoun Nasser M
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| New York, : Algora Pub., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The glass palace [[electronic resource] ] : illusions of freedom and democracy in Qatar / / Nasser M. Beydoun and Jennifer Baum
| The glass palace [[electronic resource] ] : illusions of freedom and democracy in Qatar / / Nasser M. Beydoun and Jennifer Baum |
| Autore | Beydoun Nasser M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.95363 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BaumJennifer |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Qatar |
| ISBN | 0-87586-956-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786445803321 |
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Beydoun Nasser M
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| New York, : Algora Pub., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray
| Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray |
| Autore | Gray Matthew <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.63 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-62637-078-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""
""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015"" ""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010"" ""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995"" ""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy"" ""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463740403321 |
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Gray Matthew <1970->
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| Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray
| Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray |
| Autore | Gray Matthew <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.63 |
| Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern |
| ISBN | 1-62637-078-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""
""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015"" ""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010"" ""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995"" ""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy"" ""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787860003321 |
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Gray Matthew <1970->
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| Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray
| Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray |
| Autore | Gray Matthew <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.63 |
| Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern |
| ISBN | 1-62637-078-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""
""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015"" ""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010"" ""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995"" ""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy"" ""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824393903321 |
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Gray Matthew <1970->
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| Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava
| Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava |
| Autore | Kamrava Mehran |
| Edizione | [With a New Preface] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.63 |
| Soggetto topico |
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8014-5430-1
0-8014-5431-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State -- 3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection -- 4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy -- 5. State Capacity and High Modernism -- 6. Qatar's Moment in History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460889603321 |
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Kamrava Mehran
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava
| Qatar : Small State, Big Politics / / Mehran Kamrava |
| Autore | Kamrava Mehran |
| Edizione | [With a New Preface] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 953.63 |
| Soggetto topico |
Politics and government
Diplomatic relations |
| ISBN |
0-8014-5430-1
0-8014-5431-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. The Subtle Powers of a Small State -- 3. Foreign Policy and Power Projection -- 4. The Stability of Royal Autocracy -- 5. State Capacity and High Modernism -- 6. Qatar's Moment in History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797321603321 |
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Kamrava Mehran
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| Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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