Citizens Abroad: Emigration and the State in the Middle East and North Africa

265 Pages·2006·1.71 MB·English

by  Laurie A. Brand

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Citizens Abroad
Despitethefactthatthemajorityofemigrationtodayoriginatesinthe
globalsouth,mostresearchhasfocusedonthereceivingstatesofEurope
and North America, while very little attention has been paid to the
policiesofthesendingstatestowardemigrationortowardtheirnationals
abroad. Taking the country cases of Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and
Jordan,thisworkexplorestherelationshipbetweenthegovernmentof
thesendingstates,theoutmovementoftheircitizensandthecommu-
nitiesofexpatriatesthathavedeveloped.Byfocusingontheevolutionof
government institutions charged with various aspects of expatriate
affairs,thisworkbreaksnewgroundinexplainingthechangingnature
oftherelationshipbetweenexpatriatesandtheirhomestate.Farfrom
suggestingthatthestateiswaninginimportance,theconclusionsindi-
catethatthisrelationshipprovidesevidencebothofstateresilienceand
ofnewtrendsinthepracticeofsovereignty.
LAURIE A. BRAND is Professor of International Relations at the
UniversityofSouthernCalifornia.SheisalsotheauthorofPalestinians
in the Arab World (1988), Jordan’s Inter-Arab Relations (1994), and
Women,theStateandPoliticalLiberalization(1998).

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