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Author Brand, Laurie A., author.

Title Citizens abroad : emigration and the state in the Middle East and North Africa / Laurie A. Brand.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 246 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge Middle East studies ; 23
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 23.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-237) and index.
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.
Summary This work looks in detail at the state-emigrant relationship in the cases of Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon. A socio-economic and political history of the migration is used as background to a discussion of the evolution of state policies put in place to enable states to control these expatriates.
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Subject Transnationalism.
Transnationalism.
Noncitizens.
Noncitizens.
Middle East -- Emigration and immigration.
Middle East.
Emigration and immigration.
Middle East Region.
Africa, North -- Emigration and immigration.
North Africa.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Brand, Laurie A. Citizens abroad. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521858054 (OCoLC)62132937
ISBN 0511147031 (electronic book)
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9780511491498 (ebook)
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