In the first decade of theemirate, the under-funded municipal administrations were failing to carry out many of their most essential tasks.
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Rather, a recurrent set of gendered dilemmas involving female autonomy and entitlement have variously intersected withemiratepolitics and with overarching patterns of social change.
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One of the colonial authorities' most pressing concerns in the newemiratewas to stabilize the country's leadership and, par ticularly, its finances.
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Indeed, it is arguable that precisely the opposite happened, in the sense that local institutions ofemirategovernment became entrenched.
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Therefore, during at least the first decade of theemirate, tribal chieftaincies continued to operate alongside the central government.
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Until the end of the decade, nomadic tribes continued to enjoy considerable latitude in the desert, which composed 80 percent of the emirate's territory.
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In 1952, the emirate's name was added flag, and a red flag with a white border was adopted as an ensign.
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Kabir also created new districts in theemirateduring his reign.
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The completion date was pushed back from 2011 to 2015, after theemiratecancelled contracts with concrete suppliers, and again to 2017.
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This was necessary in order to maintain control over spiraling borrowing costs, since the relatively pooremiratefinances investments by raising funds on financial markets.
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The bill also requires the state to disclose to parliament the emirate's actual proven reserves.
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Theemiratecovers 2,600 km (1,003 mi) and has a population of over 800,000 (2008).
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Despite its power and omnipresence, the hegemony of theemiratewas constantly threatened.
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