From Egypt to Europe Globalisation and Migration Across the Mediterranean

by Talani, Leila Simona

• ISBN13: 9781845116699
• ISBN10: 1845116690
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Simona Talani is a Lecturer In European Political Economy at the University of Bath, and a Research fellow at the London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Migration in theory: The state of the debate or the State in the debate	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
What is International Political Economy?	p. 10
Mainstream versus critical IPB approaches to migration: The State in the debate	p. 18
The political economy of immigration in the realist tradition	p. 18
Liberal institutionalism and migration	p. 21
The globalisation thesis: An introduction	p. 25
The globalisation thesis within the globalisation debate	p. 28
Introduction	p. 28
A qualitative definition of globalisation	p. 28
Globalisation and the State	p. 30
Realist approaches: The globalisation myth and the centrality of the State	p. 30
Neo-institutionalist approaches: The transformation of the nation state in the global economy	p. 34
Ttansnationalist approaches: The subordination of politics to economics	p. 38
The new global division of labour and the increase of mass migration	p. 40
Conclusion	p. 43
Fortress Europe	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
The evolution of 'Fortress Europe'	p. 46
EV immigration models	p. 58
Conclusion	p. 62
Migration in practice: Egyptians did not emigrate!	p. 64
Introduction	p. 64
The policy of the Egyptian government	p. 64
Egypt's migration dynamics	p. 67
Egyptian migration today	p. 70
Mapping the routes	p. 79
The Spanish route	p. 79
The Libyan route	p. 82
The Turkish route	p. 86
The Sarajevo route	p. 87
Egypt as a transit country	p. 89
Conclusion	p. 89
Why do Egyptians migrate now?: The lack of integration in the MENA region	p. 90
Introduction	p. 90
The institutional steps towards more economic integration in the MENA region	p. 91
Actual economic integration in the MENA region	p. 96
Intraregional trade integration	p. 96
Inter-Arab aid capital flows	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 110
Why do Egyptians migrate now?: The marginalization of Egypt	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
Steps towards an open and stable economy	p. 113
The marginalisation of Egypt	p. 119
Economic marginalisation	p. 119
Other indicators of marginalisation	p. 132
Conclusion	p. 136
Who is the Egyptian migrant?	p. 137
Introduction	p. 137
The profile of the Egyptian migrant: The 'homo economicus'	p. 140
The profile of the Moroccan migrant: From the homo economicus to the community-formation phase	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 153
What do Muslim migrants do in receiving countries?	p. 156
Introduction	p. 156
The integration of Muslim workers in the labour markets: General patterns in Europe	p. 157
Egyptians abroad: brain drain or mass migration?	p. 179
The insertion of migrants in the 'informal economy' and its consequences for receiving societies	p. 184
Conclusion	p. 198
'Islamophobia' and social capital	p. 201
Introduction	p. 201
'Muslim voices': The enemy within	p. 201
Instances of 'Islamophobia' before September 11	p. 208
What is social capital?	p. 219
The consequences of the lack of social capital among immigrant Muslim communities: the case of France	p. 223
Conclusion	p. 230
Conclusion	p. 232
Notes	p. 237
Reference	p. 255
Index	p. 270
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