Dubai, the city as corporation / Ahmed Kanna.
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TextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011. Description: xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780816656301; 0816656304; 9780816656318; 0816656312Subject(s): Cities and towns -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubai | Cities and towns -- Growth | Cities and towns -- Social aspects -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubai | Rural development -- United Arab Emirates -- DubaiLOC classification: HT147.5 | .K36 2011
Contents:
Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations -- State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai -- "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City -- The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai -- The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response -- Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants -- Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Dubai Contexts and Contestations -- State, Citizen, and Foreigner in Dubai -- "Going South" with the Starchitects : Urbanist Ideology in the Emirati City -- The Vanished Village : Nostalgic and Nationalist Critiques of the New Dubai -- The City-Corporation : Young Professionals and the Limits of the Neoliberal Response -- Indian Ocean Dubai : The Identity Politics of South Asian Immigrants -- Conclusion : Politicizing Dubai Space.
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