The Politics of Migration in Modern Egypt
eBook - PDF

The Politics of Migration in Modern Egypt

Strategies for Regime Survival in Autocracies

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Politics of Migration in Modern Egypt

Strategies for Regime Survival in Autocracies

About this book

In this ground-breaking work, Gerasimos Tsourapas examines how migration and political power are inextricably linked, and enhances our understanding of how authoritarian regimes rely on labour emigration across the Middle East and the Global South. Dr Tsourapas identifies how autocracies develop strategies to tie cross-border mobility to their own survival, highlighting domestic political struggles and the shifting regional and international landscape. In Egypt, the ruling elite has long shaped labour emigration policy in accordance with internal and external tactics aimed at regime survival. Dr Tsourapas draws on a wealth of previously-unavailable archival sources in Arabic and English, as well as extensive original interviews with Egyptian elites and policy-makers in order to produce a novel account of authoritarian politics in the Arab world. The book offersa new insight into the evolution and political rationale behind regime strategies towards migration, from Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1952 Revolution to the 2011 Arab Uprisings.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Reviews
  3. Half-title page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Epigraph
  8. Contents
  9. List of Figures
  10. List of Tables
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Chronology of Key Events
  13. 1 Introduction
  14. 2 ‘Egyptians Don’t Emigrate’: The Domestic Politics of Migration Restriction
  15. 3 Exporting the Free Officers’ Revolution: Migration and External Regime Legitimation under Nasser
  16. 4 ‘Our Most Precious Asset’: The Domestic Politics of Migration Liberalisation
  17. 5 ‘The Rich Hive Invaded by Foreign Bees’: Migration and External Regime Legitimation under Sadat and Mubarak
  18. 6 Egypt’s Road to Revolution
  19. 7 Conclusion
  20. Notes
  21. Appendix Primary Sources Index
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index