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  • Refugee Resilience and Adaptation in the Middle East

    Reclaiming Agency in the Informal Economies of Lebanon and Jordan

    Series series Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration
    This edited volume investigates how refugee communities in the Middle East have adapted to secure their livelihoods within the informal economy.Focusing on Lebanon and Jordan, which between 2011 and 2020 received more refugees as a proportion of their population than any other countries in the world, this edited volume investigates the informal mechanisms that Syrian refugees have adopted to fit ... Leer más

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  • Women, Civil Society and Policy Change in the Arab World

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  • Qatar’s Nation Branding and Soft Power

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book examines how creating a national brand assisted Qatar in absorbing the shock and awe following the outburst of the crisis with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates in May 2017. The authors discuss the country's diplomatic performance, which was characterized by five main factors that helped Qatar to deal with the crisis successfully. These factors ... Leer más

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  • Conflict Resolution and Nation-Building in Somalia

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  • After the Taliban

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  • Emiratization in the UAE Labor Market

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