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

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Brand, Laurie A.
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 246 pages).
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Language Note
English.
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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ISBN
0511147031 (electronic bk.)
9780511147036 (electronic bk.)
0511146450 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780511146459 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
0521858054
9780521858052
0511146019
9780511146015
9780511491498 (ebook)
0511491492 (ebook)
1280431962 (ebk.)
9781280431968 (ebk.)
1107156068
9781107156067
0511184042
9780511184048
0511312539
9780511312533
9780521100915 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-237) and index.
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