Citizens Abroad : Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa / Laurie A. Brand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brand, Laurie A.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Cambridge Middle East Studies ; no. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Middle East--Emigration and immigration--Case studies.

Middle East.

Africa, North--Emigration and immigration--Case studies.

Africa, North.

Middle East--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Case studies.

Africa, North--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--Case studies.

North Africa.

Middle East Region.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

Despite the fact that the majority of emigration today originates in the global south, most research has focused on the receiving states of Europe and North America, while very little attention has been paid to the policies of the sending states toward emigration or toward their nationals abroad. Taking the country cases of Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Jordan, this work explores the relationship between the governments of the sending states, the outmovement of their citizens, and the communities of expatriates that have developed. By focusing on the evolution of government institutions charged with various aspects of expatriate affairs, this work breaks new ground in explaining the changing nature of the relationship between expatriates and their home state. Far from suggesting that the state is waning in importance, the conclusions indicate that this relationship provides evidence both of state resilience and of new trends in the practice of sovereignty.

Contents:

1 States and their citizens abroad 1

2 State sovereignty, state resilience 24

3 Morocco: expatriates as subjects or citizens? 45

4 Tunisia's expatriates: an integral part of the national community? 92

5 Lebanon and its expatriates: a bird with two wings 133

6 Jordan: unwilling citizens, problematic expatriates 176

Conclusions: transnationalism, security and sovereignty 216.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780511491498

9780521858052

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