아랍에미리트 경제 패러다임 변화에 따른 자국민과 이주민 간 관계변화 연구

The UAE’s economic paradigm shift and the relationship between nationals and immigrants

The United Arab Emirates(UAE) has pursued a “de jure and de facto” separation policy toward immigrants under the petroeconomy for the last several decades. The fact of the majority immigrants being uneducated and low-income caused a master-servant relationship between nationals and non-nationals. However, the shift in the UAE’s economic model from a petro-reliant economy to a knowledge-based one has transformed immigrants from blue-collar to white-collar workers. The influx of educated, elite immigrants signifies not only the emergence of a new foreign middle class in the UAE, but also a profound shift in the relationship between locals and immigrants from master-servant to one of rivalry. This study analyzes the history of UAE immigrants and their impact on social change, especially focusing on the relationship between UAE nationals and foreigners in accordance with the changes in the country’s economic model, as based on the literature review.