Undermining the Centre: The Gulf Migration and Pakistan

Addleton, Jonathan S.

ISBN 10: 0195774183 / ISBN 13: 9780195774184

Published by Oxford University Press, 1992

About this Item

First Edition of this detailed study of the migration of citizens of Pakistan to nations in the Middle East seeking oil workers. Cloth, 232 pages. Has a previous owner name inked on the front endpaper. Otherwise, minimal sign of previous use.

Seller Inventory # 014398

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Undermining the Centre: The Gulf Migration and Pakistan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195774183
• ISBN 13: 9780195774184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

This volume studies the migration of more than one million Pakistani workers to the oil-exporting countries of the Middle East. It examines the critical role that the providing of jobs and foreign exchange play in Pakistan's economy. The author focuses on the decentralized nature of the migration to the Arab Gulf, showing what he believes to be important implications for the political, economic, and social development of Pakistan. The first book on this subject devoted solely to Pakistan, its interdisciplinary approach will make it accessible to scholars in political science, international relations, economics, sociology, as well as the general reader.

Review

'it puts forward a considered thesis on the way that the experience of migration and the remittances that were accumulated have affected the character of the Pakistani state'
David Taylor, B.SOAS, LVI, 3, 1993