Royal Factionalism and Political Liberalization in Qatar

Kamrava, Mehran

doi:10.3751/63.3.13

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“…Qatar is a context of particular interest for exploring how SIEs articulate identity narratives given its cultural and political features, in particular the policy of Qatarisation. In Qatar, a large number of non-nationals within the overall workforce (both in company-initiated assignments and as well as self-initiated expatriation) coexist alongside a religiously conservative population, stable authoritarian regime and tribal societal structure (Crystal, 1989;Kamrava, 2009 Access to SIEs was negotiated using established contacts with the organisation's managing director, on the condition of anonymity for both the organisation and participants. The organisation provided the researchers with a list of all non-national workers, with details of gender, country of origin, job title and period of tenure.…”

Section: Researching Self-initiated Expatriates In Qatarmentioning

confidence: 99%

Narratives of identity of self‐initiated expatriates in Qatar

Scurry

Rodríguez

Bailouni

2013

Career Development International

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Purpose -The paper aims to contribute to the discussion about how SIEs articulate narratives as cognitive efforts to expand, restrict or adapt their repertoire of identities in highly regulated environments. Design/methodology/approach -Drawing from a social constructivist positioning, the paper explores situated social and relational practices using a qualitative framework that relied on primary data gathering through semi-structured interviews. Qatar is a context of particular interest for exploring identity narratives of SIEs given the highly regulated environment and the large numbers of non-nationals within the overall workforce. The study was conducted in an anonymous Qatari public shareholding company. Findings -Findings suggest that narratives of self are framed in relation to structural constraints and patterns of adaptation. These reveal the interplay between identity, careers and self-initiated expatriation at macro-country and micro-individual levels. As part of these themes, narratives of mobility and opportunity emerged in reference to career experiences and discussions about themselves (lives, identities, and expectations). Originality/value -The paper contributes to our current understanding of SIEs and encourages us to consider the importance of context in shaping the SIE experience. Similarly, the scarcity of literature about SIEs in GCC countries makes this paper a timely contribution. These contributions have significant implications not only for theoretical discussions about SIEs, but also for discussions on the interplay between migration, identity and global careers.

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Section: Researching Self-initiated Expatriates In Qatarmentioning

confidence: 99%

Narratives of identity of self‐initiated expatriates in Qatar

Scurry

Rodríguez

Bailouni

2013

Career Development International

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“…In addition, the overflowing state resources support all kinds of societal and charity organizations that might otherwise have been created by independent civil society actors in part to challenge the state's control of political or semi-political activity. 47 Domestic opposition is therefore practically nonexistent. Although that does not mean that all criticism is stifled, most of it is reserved for rather apolitical issues and therefore not threatening the regime.…”

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Durable, Yet Different: Monarchies in the Arab Spring

Bank¹,

Richter²,

Sunik³

2014

Journal of Arabian Studies

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Over three years into the Arab Spring, the Middle East is characterized by a striking difference in durability between monarchies and republics. Beyond this difference, some significant gaps within the group of the eight Middle East monarchies have so far been overlooked. Drawing on the existing monarchy research, we first make the case that there were three distinct types of durable monarchies prior to the Arab Spring. Confronted with social and political crises, each type reacted differently to the challenges presented to them after 2011. While five "rentier" and "dynastic" Gulf monarchies (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (United Arab Emirates)) mainly rely on material distribution and family rule, the non-oil "linchpins" of Jordan and Morocco, attracting additional external funds, undertook constitutional changes in an attempt at procedural legitimation. The Sultanate of Oman, however, falls in between. This "linchtier" monarchy used modest material cooptation, a selected personal reshuffling at the top of the regime as well as targeted institutional adaptations. We illustrate our findings with similarly structured brief case studies of the three prototypes of Qatar, Jordan and Oman.

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“…Relations have been strained since Sheikh Hamad's accession in 1995, which Saudi Arabia opposed, and the Saudi-UAE-backed attempted coup d'état in 1996 (Kamrava, 2009). Relations have been strained since Sheikh Hamad's accession in 1995, which Saudi Arabia opposed, and the Saudi-UAE-backed attempted coup d'état in 1996 (Kamrava, 2009).…”

Section: The Gulf Crisis In Contextmentioning

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The impact of the Gulf crisis on Qatar's humanitarian sector

2019

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The 2017 Gulf crisis is one of the most challenging episodes faced by Qatar since its independence in 1971, with major economic, social, and political impacts on the Arab Gulf nation. Its economic prognosis has been brought into doubt, the map of regional alliances has been redrawn, and any prospects of deeper regional integration have been dashed. This paper analyses the littledocumented impact of the crisis on Qatar's humanitarian sector, which has unfolded as the small, gas-rich emirate has striven to become a major humanitarian donor. It concludes that while there have been disruptions to humanitarian operations and regional coordination, the Gulf crisis has triggered and in some cases accelerated already intended reforms across the Qatari humanitarian sector. In the long term, the reorganisation and adaptation implemented to weather the storm of the crisis may help Qatar to emerge from the crisis with a more sustainable and resilient humanitarian sector.

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Royal Factionalism and Political Liberalization in Qatar

Cited by 72 publications

References 13 publications

Narratives of identity of self‐initiated expatriates in Qatar

Narratives of identity of self‐initiated expatriates in Qatar

Durable, Yet Different: Monarchies in the Arab Spring

The impact of the Gulf crisis on Qatar's humanitarian sector

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