Youth in Saudi Arabia /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Tables; 1 Saudi Arabia; Introduction; Saudi Arabia: Recent History; Saudi Arabia Today; Conclusions; References; 2 Youth; Introduction; Youth as a Life Stage; Evidence and Methods; The Couples and Singles; Villa Couples; Couples in Traditional Houses; Young, Single Employed Women; Conclusions: Understanding Present-Day Saudi Arabia; References; 3 Free Time: Online and Offline; Introduction; Migration; New Media; Satellite Television; Internet and Cell Phones; 25- to 35-Year Olds and Their Smartphones; Other Uses of Free Time; Conclusions; References; 4 Education
- IntroductionThe System; The Young Adults and Their Education; The Educational Biographies of the Male Graduates and Their Wives; Omar and Nouhra; Ali and Jude; Aziz and Lenah; Non-graduate Males and Their Wives; Mohamed and Amani; Saad and Haila; Employed, Single Women; Content and Quality; Criticisms; Are the Criticisms Plausible?; Conclusions; References; 5 Employment; Introduction; The Saudi Economy and Workforce; Private Businesses; Foreign Workers, Work-Light Saudis and the Saudisation Policy; Young Working Lives; Male Graduates' Careers; Non-graduate Male Careers; Female Employees
- FatimaEman; Too Good to Last?; Conclusions; References; 6 Marriage and Family Transitions; Introduction; The Family and Marriage in Saudi Arabia; The Family; The Saudi Family and Social Change; Marriage; The Marriages of Graduate Husbands; Omar and Nouhra; Fahad and Samah; Aziz and Lenah; Non-graduate Husbands, Their Wives and Marriages; Mohamed and Amani; Saad and Haila; Young Single Employed Women; Family Stability; Conclusions; References; 7 Housing; Introduction; Housing in Saudi Arabia; The Housing of Graduate Husbands and Their Wives; Omar and Nouhra; Fahad and Samah; Ali and Jude
- Aziz and LenahTalal and Faten; Jaber and Marem; Non-graduate Husbands and Their Wives in Traditional Housing; Mohamed and Amani; Saad and Haila; Khalid and Aisha; Sultan and Sarah; Single Employed Women; Conclusions; References; 8 Looking Forward; Introduction; Middle-Class Men and Their Wives; Traditional Saudi Husbands and Their Wives; Single Women; Modernisation; Conclusions; References; Bibliography; Index