Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107185111)

Although the position of Saudi women within society draws media attention throughout the world, young Saudi men remain part of a silent mass, their thoughts and views rarely heard outside of the Kingdom. Based on primary research across Saudi Arabia with young men from a diverse range of backgrounds, Mark C. Thompson allows for this distinct group of voices to be heard, revealing their opinions and attitudes towards the societal and economic transformations affecting their lives within a gender-segregated society and examining the challenges and dilemmas facing young Saudi men in the twenty-first century. From ideas and beliefs about, identity, education, employment, marriage prospects and gender segregation, as well as political participation and exclusion, this study in turn invites us to reconsider the future of Saudi Arabia as a globalized kingdom.

Author: Mark C. Thompson
ISBN-10: 1107185114
ISBN-13: 9781107185111
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2019
Pages: 374
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.52w x 0.95d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2020