TY - BOOK AU - Drissi,Amar AU - Montbrial,Thierry AU - Mohsen-Finan,Khadija TI - Dubai,: the new Arab dream SN - 9782865921775 SN - 07574495 AV - 403 DS 247 D813 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Paris PB - Ifri KW - Paises Arabes N1 - Includes bibliographical references; pt. 1. The "Singapore of the Gulf" -- pt. 2. Dubai: a transportable model? -- pt. 3. Three Dubai executives bear witness N2 - Political scientists, journalists, economists and those involved in its econmy describe and discuss here the way the city-state has changed, how it works and how other Arabs see it. Their tracing of the distance covered from ancient trading port to new global city and vision of a "post-modern state" is a rare look at what is often called "the Dubai model." -- Cover ER -