From Egypt to Europe: Globalisation and Migration Across the Mediterranean (International Library of Migration Studies)

How does the process of globalization relate to the increase of migratory flows from less developed countries to western ones? This book explores the impact of globalization upon migration from an international political economy perspective, paying particular attention to the dynamics of migration from the Middle East and North Africa area, especially Egypt, to the EU member countries. The theoretical aims of the book are to understand the problem of migration, both legal and illegal, in the context of globalization, and to assess the relation between globalization, marginalization and the EU response to threats of mass immigration from less developed countries. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 9 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Introduction......Page 16 1. Introduction......Page 24 2. What is International Political Economy?......Page 25 3.1 The political economy of immigration in the realist tradition......Page 33 3.2 Liberal institutionalism and migration......Page 36 3.3 The globalisation thesis: An introduction......Page 40 2. A qualitative definition of globalisation......Page 43 2.1.1 Realist approaches: The globalisation myth and the centrality of the State......Page 45 2.1.2 Neo-istitutionalist approaches: The transformation of the nation state in the global economy......Page 49 2.1.3 Transnationalist approaches: The subordination of politics to economics......Page 53 3. The new global division of labour and the increase of mass migration......Page 55 4. Conclusion......Page 58 1. Introduction......Page 60 2. The evolution of 'Fortress Europe'......Page 61 3. EU immigration models......Page 73 4. Conclusion......Page 77 2. The policy of the Egyptian government......Page 79 3. Egypt's migration dynamics......Page 82 4. Egyptian migration today......Page 85 5.1 The Spanish route......Page 94 5.2 The Libyan route......Page 97 5.3 The Turkish route......Page 101 5.4 The Sarajevo route......Page 102 6. Conclusion......Page 104 1. Introduction......Page 105 2. The institutional steps towards more economic integration in the MENA region......Page 106 3.1 Intraregional trade integration......Page 111 3.2 Inter-Arab aid capital flows......Page 119 4. Conclusion......Page 126 2. The steps towards an open and stable economy......Page 128 3.1 Economic marginalisation......Page 134 3.2 Other indicators of marginalisation......Page 147 4. Conclusion......Page 151 1. Introduction......Page 152 2. The profile of the Egyptian migrant: The 'homo economicus'......Page 155 3. The profile of the Moroccan migrant: From the homo economicus to the community-formation phase......Page 162 4. Conclusion......Page 168 1. Introduction......Page 171 2. The integration of Muslim workers in the labour markets: General patterns in Europe......Page 172 3. Egyptian abroad: Brain drain or mass migration?......Page 194 4. The insertion of migrants in the 'informal economy' and its consequences for receiving societies......Page 199 5. Conclusion......Page 213 2. 'Muslim voices': The enemy within......Page 216 3. Instances of Islamophobia before September 11......Page 223 4. What is social capital?......Page 234 5. The consequences of the lack of social capital among immigrant Muslim communities: The case of France......Page 238 6. Conclusion......Page 245 Conclusion......Page 247 Notes......Page 252 References......Page 270 Index......Page 285 "The importance of this collection lies in its origins: for the first time, leading Saudi Arabian historians have created a history of the Arabian Peninsula which analyzes that history from an internal Arabian perspective. The book explores the original Bedouin settlement of the region, the development of the major urban areas of Arabia during the Umayyad period, the socio-political and economic developments in the Hijad and Najd up to the eighteenth century into the modern era and the rise and development of the Saudi state. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the history of the Arabian Peninusla, not least because it provides a perspective from and a flavor of its local origins."--Bloomsbury publishing. How does the process of globalisation relate to the increase of migratory flows from less developed countries to western ones? This book explores the impact of globalisation upon migration from an international political economy perspective, paying particular attention to the dynamics of migration from the Middle East and North Africa area, especially Egypt, to the EU member countries. The theoretical aims of the book are to understand the problem of migration, both legal and illegal, in the context of globalisation, and to assess the relation between globalisation, marginalisation and the EU response to threats of mass immigration from less developed countries.