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Between regular and irregular employment: subverting the kafala system in the GCC countries

Sabine Damir-GeilsdorfInstitute of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Michaela PelicanDepartment of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 155-175 | Received 19 Dec 2017, Accepted 18 May 2018, Published online: 12 Jun 2018

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