Millennial dreams in oil economies : job seeking and the global political economy of labour in Oman / Crystal A. Ennis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ennis, Crystal A., author.

Series:

Global Middle East (Cambridge, England) ; 29.

The global Middle East ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply--Oman.

Labor supply.

Generation Y--Oman.

Generation Y.

Petroleum industry and trade--Oman--History.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Oman--Economic conditions.

Oman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Bringing citizen labour into IPE scholarship on the Gulf

Making global labour markets and national dreams

Rereading Omani work history and labour market governance

Promising Dubai in Sohar : radical transformations and job creation and job creation from Sohar to Duqm

Constructing belonging and contesting economic space

Pursuing entrepreneurship for employment : SMEs for women and youth.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009499460

1009499467

9781009499422

1009499424

9781009499439

1009499432