Population and Development of the Arab Gulf States

Population and Development of the Arab Gulf States
Author: Nadeya Sayed Ali Mohammed
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351909940

This thought-provoking study measures and critically examines the effects that an average population growth rate of 2.8% could have on the development of the Arab Gulf States. It questions the ability of Gulf governments to continue providing relatively high standards of education, health and employment under conditions of rapid population growth, an undiversified economic base, and a tribal political framework. Within this context, population growth is identified as one important variable that hinders long-term development. The book will appeal to all those interested in the Middle East, demography, development and sociology.

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States
Author: Masako Ishii
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2019-11-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004395407

Asian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda, Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). Instead of assuming that segregation is disadvantageous for migrant workers, it emphasizes multiple aspects and presents various voices. In this way, the book tries to unfold the region’s segregated socioeconomic space, as well as its new forms of networking and connectedness, in order to understand how the various peoples coexist: a situation that often entails conflict and discrepancies between expectations and reality.

Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World

Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World
Author: Ismail Laher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783030368104

This handbook examines health and medical care in the Arab world from a systems biology approach. It features comprehensive coverage that includes details of key social, environmental, and cultural determinants. In addition, the contributors also investigate the developed infrastructure that manages and delivers health care and medical solutions throughout the region.More than 25 sections consider all aspects of health, from cancer to hormone replacement therapy, from the use of medications to vitamin deficiency in emergency medical care. Chapters highlight essential areas in the wellbeing and care of this population. These topics include women’s health care, displaced and refugee women’s health needs, childhood health, social and environmental causes of disease, health systems and health management, and a wide range of diseases of various body systems. This resource also explores issues related to access and barriers to health delivery throughout the region.Health in the Arab world is complex and rapidly changing. The health burden in the region is distributed unevenly based on gender, location, as well as other factors. In addition, crises such as armed conflicts and an expanding migrant population place additional stress on systems and providers at all levels. This timely resource will help readers better understand all these major issues and more. It will serve as an ideal guide for researchers in various biological disciplines, public health, and regulatory agencies.

Persian Gulf States

Persian Gulf States
Author: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
Publisher: Division
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN:

Research completed January 1993.

State-society Relations in the Arab Gulf States

State-society Relations in the Arab Gulf States
Author: Mazhar Al-Zoʻby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Persian Gulf States
ISBN: 9783940924384

This book examines the strategies and dynamics through which state-society relations in the Arab Gulf region have been cultivated, and explores the alternative political, social, economic and popular changes that threaten these relations. The work focuses on understanding how state sovereignty has been shifting to accommodate internal social, cultural, and intellectual forces and how these forces have managed to balance social and political powers in order to function within and co-exist alongside the state. Case-studies give specific examples of how social forces, popular movements, social media and youth culture are actively influencing cultural attitudes and practices as well as political actions.

The Impact of Oil Revenues on Arab Gulf Development

The Impact of Oil Revenues on Arab Gulf Development
Author: M.S. El Azhary
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2023-05-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000944565

As the price of oil fell in the eighties the pressures on the Arab Gulf States to speed up the diversification of their economies into non-oil sectors increased. This book, first published in 1984, examines this problem and many other issues connected with the impact of oil revenues on development in the Gulf States. It considers changing oil production policies and developments in other sectors of the economy including agriculture, industry and banking. It explores population problems, moves towards Gulf economic coordination and the impact of oil on society, culture and education. This book provides an assessment of just how much the region depends on oil for its economic prosperity and development and some indication of the enormous problems that would face the region should the demand for oil decease still further.

Africa and the Gulf Region

Africa and the Gulf Region
Author: Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 9783940924704

The ties that bind Africa and the Gulf region have deep historical roots that influence both what Braudel called the longue duree and the short-term events of current policy shifts, market-based economic fluctuations, and global and local political vicissitudes. This book, a collaboration of historians, political scientists, development planners, and a biomedical engineer, explores Arabian-African relationships in their many overlapping dimensions. Thus histories constructed from the "bottom up" -- records of the everyday activities of commerce, intermarriage, and gender roles -- offer an incisive complement to the "top down" histories of dynasties and the elite. Topics such as migration, collective memory, scriptural and oral narratives, and contemporary notions of food security and "soft" power pose new questions about the ties that bind Africa to the Gulf.

Offshore Citizens

Offshore Citizens
Author: Noora Lori
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108498175

This study of citizenship and migration policies in the Gulf shows how temporary residency can become a permanent citizenship status.

Arab Water Security

Arab Water Security
Author: Hussein A. Amery
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2015-07-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1316381064

This book explores the national security implications of the Arab Gulf states' reliance on desalination plants, and their related infrastructure. It provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of current and future threats to the supply of freshwater from a desalination plant, including actual and virtual attacks by terrorists, mechanical failure, contamination, sabotage by aggrieved workers, and attacks relating to regional conflicts, as well as their vulnerability to natural disasters. It also provides a detailed analysis of the effects of a potential disruption to the water supply, and proposes possible measures, both political and technological, that can be used to increase resilience to these threats. Arab Water Security is a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students, as well as for policy makers and professionals, interested in water security, natural resources, and environmental terrorism.

Public Health in the Arab World

Public Health in the Arab World
Author: Samer Jabbour
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0521516749

This volume reviews the public health concerns and challenges specific to the complex Arab world from a multidisciplinary perspective.