Aiding autocrats : migration management, governance, and repression in Africa / Kelsey P. Norman, Nicholas R. Micinski

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norman, Kelsey P., author.

Micinski, Nicholas R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Government policy--Africa.

Immigrants.

Africa--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Africa.

Immigrants--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Migration management aid has increased exponentially since 2016, often funding repression in the process. Drawing on global datasets and in-depth country case studies of Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan, Kelsey P. Norman and Nicholas R. Micinski present a theoretical framework for this form of foreign assistance. This study traces the historical roots and evolution of migration management aid, explaining its politics, its impact on governance, and its long-lasting, deleterious effects on migrants, refugees, and citizens alike. While wealthy countries tout migration management aid as a way of increasing development and stopping emigration from the Global South, Aiding Autocrats exposes how this type of assistance funds authoritarianism by perpetuating colonial systems of extraction and repression and allowing local elites to leverage aid for their own purposes. Aiding Autocrats is an essential contribution to scholarship on migration management, foreign aid, development, and democratization as well as Middle Eastern, African, and European politics"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Defining migration management aid

Migration management aid in global perspective

The European Union and migration management aid

Kenya : encampment, aid dependency, and incremental reform

Ethiopia : politicized aid and broken promises

Egypt : improving infrastructure and supporting patronage networks

Sudan : capacitating border security ahead of civil war

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 7, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Norman, Kelsey P. Aiding autocrats

ISBN:

9781009729086

100972908X

OCLC:

1573633824

Publisher Number:

CIPO000401491

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license