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Offshore citizens : permanent temporary status in the Gulf /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lori, Noora, 1984- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019
Subjects:
Citizenship > United Arab Emirates.
Noncitizens > United Arab Emirates.
Foreign workers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United Arab Emirates.
Emigration and immigration law > United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates > Emigration and immigration.
Aliens.
Citizenship.
Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration law.
Foreign workers > Legal status, laws, etc.
United Arab Emirates.
Arbeitnehmer
Migration
Nationalismus
Staatenlosigkeit
Staatsangehörigkeit
Golfstaaten
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Limbo statuses and precarious citizenship
  • Making the nation : citizens, 'guests' and ambiguous legal statuses
  • Demographic growth, migrant policing, and naturalization as a 'national security' threat
  • Permanently deportable : the formal and informal institutions of the kafala system
  • 'Ta'aÌ„l bachir' (come tomorrow) : the politics of waiting for identity papers
  • Identity regularization and passport outsourcing : turning minorities into foreigners.