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

by Laurie A. Brand

Book Overview

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 government of the sending states, the outmovement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521858054
• ISBN13: 9780521858052
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"