Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Qatar’s Nation Brand: Facing the Regional Challenges
(Nawaf Al-Tamimi, PhD, and Azzam Amin, PhD, Journalism Program, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar, and others)
Chapter 2. Bustards, Bullies, Billions, and the Blockade: Applying Dispute Resolution Theory to the First Nine Months of the Siege of Qatar
(Paula Marie Young, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 3. Power-Based Interventions of Countries Organizing the Siege Against Qatar
(Paula Marie Young, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 4. Rights-Based Processes Used by Qatar in Response to the Siege
(Paula Marie Young, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 5. Interest-Based Processes Used by Qatar in Response to the Siege
(Paula Marie Young, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 6. The Siege of Qatar: Creating a BATNA That Strengthened the Tiny Country’s Negotiating Power
(Paula Marie Young, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation: State of Qatar Transformation to a Knowledge-Based Economy
(Tarek Ben Hassen, PhD, Department of International Affairs, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 8. Water-Energy Nexus Challenges and Opportunities in Qatar
(Ammar O. Abulibdeh, PhD, Department of Geography, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman)
Chapter 9. The New Cultural Turn in Urban Development for the Gulf State: Creativity, Place Promotion, and Identity: Doha as a Case Study
(Esmat Zaidan, PhD, and Ammar O. Abulibdeh, PhD, Department of International Affairs, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, and others)
Chapter 10. Opposing Sides: Integrating Qatar’s Migrant Laborers into Local Football Fandom for the 2022 World Cup
(Susan Dun, PhD, Communication Program, Northwestern University in Qatar, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 11. Unpublished Coins from Al-Zubarah: Scientific and Economic Analysis
(Sherine El-Menshawy, PhD, Noora Al-Thani, PhD, Noora Al-Qahtani, MD, Faisal Al-Nuami, Ebraheem Al-Jaber, Department of Humanities, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, and others)
Chapter 12. Attestation of Online Programs in Qatar: The Need for a Policy
(Ramzi Nasser, PhD, Michael Romanowski, PhD, and Kamal Abouchedid, PhD, Department of Education, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, and others)
Chapter 13. Does Qatar Need a Declared Language Policy? A Virtual Ethnography Perspective
(Hadeel Alkhateeb, PhD, College of Education, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 14. Traditions and Developments in Qatari Literature
(Aaron LaDuke, PhD, Liberal Arts Program, Northwestern University in Qatar, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 15. The Educational Reform in Qatar: Challenges and Successes
(Ramzi Nasser, PhD, Department of Education, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE)
Chapter 16. Qatar’s Education Revolution: K-12 and Higher Education Reform in a Rapidly Developing Country
(Alan S. Weber and Ziad Kronfol, Premedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar, and others)
Chapter 17. Students’, Teachers’, and Parents’ Attitudes Towards Arabic as the Language of Instruction in Mathematics and Science in Qatar
(Haitham M. Alkhateeb, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, US)
Chapter 18. Museums in Qatar: An Educational Role in the Twenty-First Century
(Mariam Ibrahim Al-Hammadi, PhD, Department of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 19. Challenges Facing the Youth in Qatar: A Mental Health Perspective
(Ziad Kronfol, MD, Suhaila Ghuloum, MD, Alan S. Weber, PhD, and M. Walid Qoronfleh, PhD, Medical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar, and others)
Chapter 20. Qatar University Students’ Approaches and Study Skills
(Haitham M. Alkhateeb, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, US)
Index
Reviews
“It is no secret that Qatar has experienced rapid modernization and vast societal changes in the twenty-first century due to its place in the global market. This volume brings together insightful and innovative essays to provide a holistic analysis of the processes and effects of globalization as they play out in different political, social, and economic arenas in Qatar. From media to water to human rights to information and communication technologies to the World Cup, this volume offers a thorough examination of the shifting backdrop in Qatar and how it impacts people’s everyday lives and their livelihoods. Scholars and practitioners across disciplines who are interested in global flows and transnationalism will find this volume of the utmost importance.”
– Cortney Hughes Rinker, Associate Professor of Anthropology, George Mason University
“Dr. Haitham Alkhateeb’s forthcoming book, Qatar: Political, Economic and Social Issues, is a compelling and comprehensive assessment of the modern challenges faced by the state in the Gulf. Facing unprecedented political and economic uncertainty, Dr. Alkhateeb’s expertise in mathematics and knowledge of the nation, and broader regions, offers a timely analysis that informs both scholars and the broader audience. This book comes at an ideal time, when analysis of Qatar is short, but public and political interest in the small nation is tall and broad, and Dr. Alkhateeb possesses the skill set to shed needed light.”
Khaled A. Beydoun, Associate Professor of Law, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville School of Law, author of American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear
“This book provides a glance into the economy, society, and politics of the rich and fast-growing state of Qatar. It highlights and documents breathtaking changes currently underway in the GCC region and sheds light on regional challenges faced by the Qatari society and leadership, stemming from rising friction with neighbors. A must read for those interested in understanding sociopolitical changes taking place in one of the fastest developing countries of the Middle East.”
– Louay M. Safi, Professor of Political Science and Islamic Thought, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
“Providing incisive commentaries on how Qatar has responded to the blockade imposed on it in 2017 by neighboring states and much more, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and students, policymakers and practitioners, and an essential tool for understanding Qatar as the 2022 FIFA World Cup looms into view.”
– Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
“Despite its small population, gas-rich Qatar has emerged as a major player on the world scene and has hence attracted powerful opponents. The original story expertly told here of how Qatar has successfully survived an attempt to crush it through blockades and boycotts led by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain sheds loads of illumination on the contemporary structures of international legitimacy and how a canny political leadership can appeal to them to strengthen the international rule of law.”
– Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan
Audience
Qatar: Political, Economic and Social Issues is organized into three main themes – political, economic and social issues – that are suitable as a reference work for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and scholars actively researching in this area
Keywords
Nation Brand, Blockade, Siege Against Qatar, Response to the Siege, Negotiating Power, Knowledge-Based Economy, Water-Energy Nexus, Urban Development, Qatar’s Migrant Laborers, 2022 World Cup, Al-Zubarah Coins, Online Programs, Language Policy, Qatari Literature, Educational Reform in Qatar, Education Revolution in K-12 and Higher Education, Language of Instruction in Mathematics and Science, Museums in Qatar, Youth in Qatar and Mental Health, Students’ Approaches and Study Skills
