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Being young, male and Saudi : identity and politics in a globalized kingdom / Mark C. Thompson, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Van Pelt Library HQ799.8.S33 T46 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Mark C. (Mark Colin), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young men--Saudi Arabia--Social conditions.
- Young men.
- Young men--Political activity--Saudi Arabia.
- Men--Identity.
- Men.
- Social conditions.
- Political participation.
- Saudi Arabia--Social conditions--21st century.
- Saudi Arabia.
- Young men--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 365 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- What is Saudi? Identity, religiosity and generational divides
- The Saudi 'social contract' under strain: employment, housing and healthcare
- The new media revolution, public opinion and the relationship between the governing and governed
- Education, societal transformation and globalization
- Masculinity, gender relations and marriage
- Distrust, fault lines and recreation
- Saudi vision 2030 and national development
- Conclusion: youth, Saudi Arabia's human capital.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107185111
- 1107185114
- 9781316636367
- 1316636364
- OCLC:
- 1100426773
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