Citation

Smith RG. Theory Cult. Soc. 2014; 31(8): 291-296.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0263276414547775

PMID

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Abstract

Dubai, the most extreme example to date of a realized neo-liberal capitalist urban utopia, is perhaps at its point of death. That is to say that, barring suicide, the only hope Dubai's bonded labour - those tricked, forced and exploited into negated lives of low-paid wage servitude - have of losing their chains, given the emirate's resilience to objections and protests from a multitude of commentators and activists, seems to be the stalling of construction, the falling demand for building projects - mega or otherwise - that the latest major financial crisis and economic recession necessitates. © 2014, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

globalization; bonded labour; event; global city; mega-projects; perfection; utopia