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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36126644 Title: Walls built on sand : migration, exclusion, and society in Kuwait Author: Anh Nga Longva Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : WestviewPress, 1997. ISBN/ISSN: 081332758X 9780813327587 9780813337852 0813337852 OCLC:36126644

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Walls built on sand : migration, exclusion, and society in Kuwait

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Walls built on sand : migration, exclusion, and society in Kuwait

Author:	Anh Nga Longva
Publisher:	Boulder, Colo. : WestviewPress, 1997.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Longva, Anh Nga. Walls built on sand. Boulder, Colo. : WestviewPress, 1997 (OCoLC)657309173
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Anh Nga Longva Find more information about:
ISBN:	081332758X 9780813327587 9780813337852 0813337852
OCLC Number:	36126644
Description:	xiv, 265 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Map of Kuwait -- Map of Kuwait City and Suburbs -- Kuwait in the Literature -- The Concept of the Plural Society -- Migration and the Nation-State -- Pluralism and Integration: A Research Program -- How to Study Unbounded Worlds? -- Fieldwork and Problems Encountered -- Methodology -- Kuwait Through History: A Tradition of Migration and Open Networks -- Pearl Diving, Sea Trade, and Caravans -- Politics and Society in Pre-Oil Kuwait -- Oil: Prosperity and Its Implications -- Widening the Networks: The New Labor Migration -- A Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Cultural Society -- The Politics of Exclusion -- Putting Exclusion in Place -- The Delineation of Ethnic and Social Categories -- The First Dichotomy: Kuwaitis--Non-Kuwaitis -- The Second Dichotomy: Arabs--Non-Arabs -- The Third Dichotomy: Muslims--Non-Muslims -- Exclusion and the Conceptualization of Work -- The Division of Labor According to the Logic of Exclusion -- The Structure of Dominance: The Sponsorship System -- The Kafala -- Power: The View from Outside, Above, and Below -- The Kafala in the Private Sector ("Visa No. 18") -- The Kafala in Business Partnership ("Visa No. 19") -- The Kafala in the Domestic Sector ("Visa No. 20") -- The Power of the Kafeel -- The Kafala: A Control Mechanism by the Civil Society -- Power and Powerlessness: The Kafala Seen by Kuwaitis -- Conceptualizing "Us" and "Them" Through Everyday Practice -- Group Differentiation and Group Identification -- Signaling Identity Through the Dress Code -- Reading the Signals -- Ethnic Identities and Gender Identities.
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