Lynch, M. and Tsourapas, G. (Eds.) (2024) The Politics of Migration and Refugee Rentierism in the Middle East. POMEPS Studies. 50 [Edited Journal]
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Abstract
How does the rentier concept apply in the context of the regulation and governance of human mobilities? Given that the hosting of forcibly displaced populations grants political actors the ability to extract revenue in a manner akin to oil rentier states via refugee rent-seeking (Tsourapas 2019), what broader lessons may we draw if we link migration and the rentier state? Similarly, in the case of labor migration in the Gulf, state actors delegate their ‘authority over migration to private actors and turns citizens into migration rentiers’ (Thiollet 2022, 1649). How does rentier state theory explain the politics of migrants and refugees in the Middle East? The relationship between rentierism and human mobilities formed the core of a Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) workshop organized on 22–23 September 2023 at the University of Glasgow. The workshop sought to unpack the linkages between cross-border mobility and rentier state theory in the Middle East.
| Item Type: | Edited Journals |
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| Keywords: | refugee rentier states, refugee rent-seeking, migration diplomacy |
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Tsourapas, Professor Gerasimos |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences |
| Journal Name: | POMEPS Studies |
| Publisher: | George Washington University |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2024 Project on Middle East Political Science |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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