21st century globalization : perspectives from the Gulf by Reyes-Ruiz, Rafael instant download

21st century globalization : perspectives from the Gulf by Reyes-Ruiz, Rafael instant download

256 pages ; 24 cm, An international journal for the study of culture and society, Promotes and publishes scholarship from the humanities and the social sciences, and their intersections on topics related to the encounters of cultures, intellectual traditions, and social and political systems across space and time. The journal seeks a critical understanding of the transcultural and transnational factors that shape such encounters --and by extension, the world as we know it. The editors encourage contributions that explicitly link the humanities and the social sciences and engage their different methodologies. Regular special volumes offer stimulating, focused engagement with specific historical, political, cultural, social or theoretical questions. Encounters is peer-reviewed and published biannually by Zayed University Press, P.O. Box 19282, Dubai, UAE. email: [email protected] --Book Jacket, Includes bibliographical references, Machine generated contents note: Views from Dubai: Oriental Globalization Revisited / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Three Phases of Globalization: The Significance of Dubai's Emergence as a Trading Hub / Roger Ballard -- The Rise of Dubai: A Social History of the Commercial Cities in the Gulf / Aqil Kazim -- Abu Dhabi's Global Economy: Integration and Innovation / Christopher Davidson -- Are Today's Globalized Cathedrals of Consumption Tomorrow's Global Dinosaurs? George Ritzer -- The Arab World, the Global Moment and the Struggle over Representation / Lena Jayyusi -- Mainstreaming Islam: Taking Charge of the Faith / Dale Eickelman -- Wanted but not Welcome: Social Determinants of Labor Migration in the UAE / Habibul Haque Khondker