Migrants' strategies of coping and patterns of accommodation in the oil-rich Gulf societies: Evidence from the UAE

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-298

  Khalaf, Sulayman ^a   Alkobaisi, Saad ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0033427811     PISSN: 13530194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13530199908705686     Document Type: Article

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