Bedouins into Bourgeois

Zusammenfassung An examination of how state-led social engineering in the United Arab Emirates is reshaping citizens for globalization and a post-petroleum future.

Autorentext

Calvert W. Jones is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. She focuses on new approaches to citizen-building within a context of globalization and the nature of citizens' economic, social, and political engagement, with emphasis on the Middle East. She earned her Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, Connecticut and holds masters' degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in information management and the University of Cambridge in international relations.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Rethinking the making of citizens; 2. Seeing like a Sheikh; 3. Enlightenment under autocracy; 4. Symbolism, spectacle, and the shaping of the post-petroleum citizen; 5. From enlightenment to entitlement: intended and unintended outcomes of social engineering; 6. Explaining the paradox of the entitled patriot; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: ethnography, interviews, and focus groups; Appendix B: survey evidence.