Open AccessMass Migration and Uprisings in Arab Countries: An Analytical Framework
Author(s) -
Philippe Fargues
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international development policy/revue internationale de politique de développement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1663-9383
pISSN - 1663-9375
DOI - 10.4000/poldev.2275
Subject(s) - emigration , homeland , politics , mass migration , political science , political economy , development economics , population , irregular migration , immigration , geography , sociology , economic geography , economics , law , demography
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Is there a relationship between political movements and population movements in the Arab world? More specifically, are the uprisings that spread throughout Arab countries starting at the end of 2010 linked in any way with the international migration of their citizens? This paper first reviews the common determinants of revolt and emigration and addresses the question of how the two phenomena are partly rooted in the deep demographic changes Arab populations are currently going through. The paper then reviews the migratory outcomes of revolt both in terms of voluntary and forced migration. It finally explores diasporas' impact on homeland politics, or—more precisely—the role played by national expatriates in the revolts unfolding in their homelands, in particular through political remittances