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Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies

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Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvCrystal A. Ennis

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This book shifts the analysis of economic development in Oman from the traditional focus on oil to the perspective of labour. Focusing on the experiences of workers, jobseekers, and the governance of labour markets, Crystal A. Ennis offers a fresh perspective on regional development and rentier neoliberalism in the Gulf. Highlighting Oman's position within global capitalism, Ennis makes a compelling case for de-exceptionalising the Gulf, arguing that the region's labour markets are global and subject to similar pressures as other global economies. Moving beyond oil also allows Ennis to focus on the social conditions of Oman, where over sixty four percent of the population are under the age of thirty. Ennis offers a rich analysis of historical lineages of labour governance, class formation; and, following protests after 2011 as youth unemployment soared in the region, how authoritarian states react to public pressure and social unrest around perceived economic decline.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-14
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieThe Global Middle East
Antal sidor362
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009499446

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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