Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies

Crystal A. Ennis is University Lecturer of Political Economy at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is co-editor of The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex (2022) and has published in New Political Economy, Third World Quarterly, Global Social Policy, International Journal, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, among others. She is currently serving as an associate editor of the International Studies Review and president of the Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies.

• Preface; 1. Bringing citizen labour into IPE scholarship on the Gulf; 2. Making global labour markets and national dreams; 3. Rereading Omani work history and labour market governance; 4. Promising Dubai in Sohar: radical transformations and job creation from Sohar to Duqm; 5. Constructing belonging and contesting economic space; 6. Pursuing entrepreneurship for employment: SMEs for women and youth; Conclusion: studying the global political economy of labour; Bibliography.

'Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies presents a compelling challenge to scholars of Middle Eastern political economy, urging a deeper understanding of labour's role - alongside oil - in the Gulf's economic evolution. Crystal A. Ennis draws upon extensive research conducted in Oman, situating Gulf labour markets within a global political economy characterized by uneven development and the proliferation of low-paying, insecure employment, which perpetuates a highly stratified labour landscape.' Juanita Elias, University of Warwick