Transitory and unstable labour in the Gulf
Transit States Labour, Migration & Citizenship in the Gulf Edited by Abdulhadi Khalaf, Omar AlShehabi and Adam Hanieh
November 2014 224pp 215mm x 135mm Pb 978-0-7453-3520-9 £19.99 Hb 978-0-7453-3522-3 £65 Epub 978-1-7837-1221-2 £19.99 Kindle 978-1-7837-1222-9 £19.99
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A novel and crucial contribution to the study of migration through the lens of political economy, applicable to sociology, anthropology, and historical studies, [...] a rich and comprehensive collection that is relevant to the most contemporary debates. Immanuel Ness
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, BROOKLYN COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
The states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar) form the largest destination for labour migration in the global South. In all of these states, however, the majority of the working population is composed of temporary, migrant workers with no citizenship rights. The cheap labour power these workers provide has created the extraordinary development boom across the region, and neighbouring countries are almost fully dependent on the labour markets of the Gulf to employ their working populations. For these reasons, the Gulf takes a central place in contemporary debates around migration and labour in the global economy. This book attempts to bring together and explore these issues. The relationship between ‘citizen’ and ‘non-citizen’ holds immense significance for understanding the construction of class, gender, city and state in the Gulf. Bringing together experts on the Gulf, Transit States confronts the precarious working conditions of migrants in an accessible, yet in-depth manner. Abdulhadi Khalaf is a senior lecturer in the Sociology Department at
Lund University. omar alshehabi writes from Bahrain and is Director of the Gulf Centre
for Development Policies. He has previously worked at the World Bank and the IMF as well as McKinsey & Co. Adam Hanieh is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is author of Lineages of Revolt: Issues of Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East (2013).
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