Full Description
This open access book collates and advances the body of knowledge about the factors, directions, and magnitudes of change in Arabian Gulf families from interdisciplinary perspectives. Family life across the globe is being impacted by unprecedented diversity in household living arrangements and by sweeping economic, cultural, and social change, and this is not an exception in the Gulf region. The book demarcates how Gulf families are experiencing many formidable challenges and undergoing profound changes due to speedy economic transformation, educational reforms, extensive use of social media, rapid urbanization, migration, women empowerment, and the intersections of popular culture from both the East and the West. Notwithstanding such challenges and changes, Gulf families often seem to retain and continue many of the traditional roles and functions of families in a sustained manner. It contributes to current debates that revolve around questions of what has changed, and what has stayed the same, in family structures in the region. Sweeping and comparative, the book provides avenues for offering practical solutions for policy interventions in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. It is a key academic text for sociologists interested in transformations in the family in relation to politics, economics, consumption patterns, education, gender, law, social media, religion, culture, social reforms, and the state.
Contents
The Impact of Personal Communication Technology on the Family Interac7on and Wellbeing in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Analysis.- Western resident families in the Gulf: the UAE case study.- Neo-Gender Balancing in Saudi Arabia Divorce under Social Exchange Theory.- Rapid decline in family size in Oman: Untangling the puzzles and paradoxes.- Family policies in the UAE: what is at stake.- Sex Role Belief Predictors of Husbands' and Wives' Involvement in Household Labor in Kuwait and Qatari Families.- Rethinking the Family: Migration, Mobility and Urban Space in Doha, Qatar.- Childcare in Bahrain: The Role of Extended Family and Domestic Workers.- Young Arab Families in the UAE: Renego7a7ng Gender Roles and Expectations in Marriage.- The Family Role of Young Saudi Men in a Transforming Kingdom: Case Studies from the Regions.- Migrant Domestic Workers and Gulf Families: A Case of Saudi Arabia.- Mixed-nationality families in the Gulf.- The painters of modern life. Family, family roles and space in the first generation of contemporary Qatari painters.- Quality of Life (QoL) of the Elderly in GCC region: A case of Taif in Saudi Arabia.- Factors that Increase the Likelihood of Divorce: A survey of Married People in Qatar.- Women's Experiences of Family Law and Family Jus7ce Processes in Qatar - Findings of an Empirical Study.- Fathers Involvement and Youth's Delinquent Behavior.- Navigating Complex Terrains: Gulf Women redefining feminism while pursuing careers and caring for family.- Exploring the Interaction of Arab Resident Families in the Gulf with Arab Gulf Families: A Comparative Study.- The Gulf dream: A Study of representation of Indian family in the Gulf.- Reconsidering the relationship between family, motherhood, and gender equality in Qatar.- The Future of Citizenship of Qatari Women who Marry Non-Qatari.- Analyzing the Impact of Female Domestic Migrant Workers on the Empowerment and Socioeconomic Trajectories of Women in Qatar.- The Disability Price Tag in Qatar.- Aging and Family: A study of Gulf region families' behavior toward elderly people and the support systems in these countries.- Impact of Twitter on Qatar youth perspectives: activism, digital authoritarianism, and democratization.- Evil Eye and Health: Exploring Cultural Beliefs and the Role of Family in Healthcare Provision in Qatar.
