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Walls Built On Sand - Migration, Exclusion, And Society In Kuwait (Paperback)
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Walls Built On Sand - Migration, Exclusion, And Society In Kuwait (Paperback)
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When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the sight of tens of thousands of
non-Kuwaiti Arabs, Indians, East Asians, and Westerners fleeing or
trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a
singular fact of Kuwaiti society--that Kuwaitis are an absolute
minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive
fieldwork and archival research, the author examines the social
dimension of labor migration to Kuwait since independence in 1961,
exploring how the presence of over one million foreign workers has
influenced the way Kuwaitis organize their lives and perceive
themselves. In particular, Longva looks at the relations between
two sharply differentiated social categories and the politics of
exclusion that have allowed Kuwaitis to protect their rights and
privileges as citizens against infringement by the huge influx of
expatriates. Longva examines the little-studied system of kafala,
or sponsorship, under which all foreign workers enter and reside in
the country, showing how it has become the most critical source of
power for native Kuwaitis vis-a-vis immigrants. She also addresses
aspects of ethnicity and class, describes the life of expatriates,
and looks at developments in gender relations and the role of women
in building the national identity in the context of migration and
modernization.
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