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Migrant Dubai

Low Wage Workers and the Construction of a Global City

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Laavanya Kathiravelu

    1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Part of the book series: Global Diversities (GLODIV)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Situating Dubai

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 1-27

  3. Dubai as Metaphor: Corporate Entity, Global City, Hope and Mirage

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 28-56

  4. Migrants and the State: Structures of Violence, Co-ethnic Exploitation and the Transnationalisation of Rights

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 57-93

  5. Neoliberal Narratives: Migrant Self-Constructions and the Performance of Empowered Subjectivities

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 94-133

  6. The Divided City: Gated Communities, Everyday Mobilities and Public Space

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 134-180

  7. Social Networks: Informal Solidarities and an Ethic of “Care”

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 181-223

  8. Conclusion

    • Laavanya Kathiravelu
    Pages 224-232

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 233-246
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About this book

This book analyzes the everyday lives of labour migrants in a rapidly developing city-state. Using the emirate of Dubai as a case study, Migrant Dubai shows that even within highly restrictive mobility regimes, marginalized migrants find ways to cope with structural inequalities and quotidian modes of discrimination.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Laavanya Kathiravelu

About the author

Laavanya Kathiravelu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is also a Fung Fellow at Princeton University, USA, in 2015/16. Her research sits at the intersection of international migration and contemporary diverse cities, especially in the Global South.

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