The aim of this paper is to explore the directions and the magnitude of the social change in some of member's states of Golf Cooperation Council (GCC), by analyzing how traditional family interactions and pattern evolution ...

According to the popular view, 21st century is regarded as an era of women. The rising tide of educating and empowering women has considerably influenced the lives of women in every walk of life throughout the world. ...

The overall theme of this conference is social change. This paper focus on one, however important, factor behind social change in the Gulf countries, namely that of education. Each of the Gulf countries have embarked on a ...

Identity is defined through the comparison of oneself to the other and it is rooted in human beings' need to be different and distinguished from others. From a post-structualist viewpoint, identity is plural, dynamic and ...

Women's participation in political and social development is the one of the most important indicators in the process of sustainable development of societies. The present study examines the status of women's participation ...

The paper presents a set of qualitative and quantitative data (including interviews with policy instigators, academics and social/cultural influencers of different age ranges, backgrounds and professions, as well as an ...

India has been the source of the largest annual outflows to the GCC countries. The increasing significance of GCC countries as a destination for migrant workers is illustrated by the change in total migrant stock in those ...

Recently, French Muslims have been seen by several media outlets and politicians to be increasingly influenced by some of the understandings of Islam generated in Saudi Arabia. While some connections do undoubtedly ...

In 2011 Yemen began a process of profound political-social changes. At that time, various actors of the multiform civil society mobilized, achieving the removal of their president, who for more than thirty years had governed ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its establishment in 1981 has made tremendous achievements over the past forty years in economic, social, military, scientific and educational sectors which made the body to think ...