Browsing by Author "Tessler, Mark"

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    • Annual Omnibus Survey : A survey of life in Qatar 2012 

      Alemadi, Darwish; Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Diop, Abdoulaye; Trung Le, Kien; Khan, Mohammad; ... more authors ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. , 2012 , Other)
      This executive summary presents the highlights of the 2012 Omnibus survey, the third in a series of Omnibus surveys, carried out by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) of Qatar University. The Omnibus ...

    • Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Jardina, Ashley; Tessler, Mark; Wittrock, Jill ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)
      Utilizing new survey data on social capital, we examine the determinants and locus of generalized trust among citizens and immigrants in Qatar, a small, heterogeneous, wealthy, and non-democratic country in which immigrants ...

    • Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Tessler, Mark; Trung Le, Kien; Al-Emadi, Darwish; Howell, David ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2012 , Article)
      With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for their society; despite the absence ...

    • Civic life and democratic citizenship in Qatar: Findings from the First Qatar World Values Survey 

      Gengler, Justin; Tessler, Mark; Al-Emadi, Darwish; Diop, Abdoulaye ( Brill Academic , 2013 , Article)
      The present study examines the Arab nation that has remained least affected by the regional upheaval that has gripped much of the Middle East and North Africa since the beginning of 2011: the Gulf state of Qatar. Using ...

    • Civil society and democratization in the Arab Gulf 

      Gengler, Justin; Tessler, Mark; Al-Emadi, Darwish; Diop, Abdoulaye ( http://foreignpolicy.com/ , 2011 , Article)
      qatar has been a notable exception to the wave of popular political mobilization that has struck Arab countries since January 2011. This is particularly so given the prominent role of its state-owned television station Al ...

    • Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and Other Gulf Nationals 

      Gengler, Justin; Tessler, Mark ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Here we examine the orientations of Qatari citizens toward the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as revealed in a pan-GCC survey conducted in 2016. We assess general attitudes toward the Council as an institution, toward ...

    • 'Why Do You Ask?' the Nature and Impacts of Attitudes towards Public Opinion Surveys in the Arab World 

      Gengler, Justin J.; Tessler, Mark; Lucas, Russell; Forney, Jonathan ( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Article Review)
      For the first time in an Arab country, this article examines attitudes toward public opinion surveys and their effects on survey-taking behavior. The study uses original survey data from Qatar, the diverse population of ...