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In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. This work analyzes how and at what cost Dubai has achieved such success.

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"At last, a comprehensive expose of the economic and sexual exploitation that erected this utopia of greed. Syed Ali has seen the future in Dubai and it doesn't work." - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums -- Mike Davis
Click here to visit the author's website. * http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/sfali/Book.html *

Dubai Gilded Cage

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 15 April 2010
      ISBN-13 9780300152173
      978-0300152173
      ISBN-10 0300152175
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      Development economics Political control and freedoms Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and vertiginous inequality. This work analyzes how and at what cost Dubai has achieved such success.

      Trade Review
      "At last, a comprehensive expose of the economic and sexual exploitation that erected this utopia of greed. Syed Ali has seen the future in Dubai and it doesn't work." - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums -- Mike Davis
      Click here to visit the author's website. * http://myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/sfali/Book.html *

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