Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, And Repression In Africa

Norman, Kelsey P. (Rice University, Houston) Micinski, Nicholas R. (American University, Washington Dc)

ISBN 10: 1009729098 / ISBN 13: 9781009729093

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2026

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256 pages. 6.00x0.94x9.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance, And Repression In Africa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009729098
• ISBN 13: 9781009729093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.78 kilograms

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Synopsis

Migration management aid has increased exponentially since 2016, often funding repression in the process. Drawing on global datasets and in-depth country case studies of Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan, Kelsey P. Norman and Nicholas R. Micinski present a theoretical framework for this form of foreign assistance. This study traces the historical roots and evolution of migration management aid, explaining its politics, its impact on governance, and its long-lasting, deleterious effects on migrants, refugees, and citizens alike. While wealthy countries tout migration management aid as a way of increasing development and stopping emigration from the Global South, Aiding Autocrats exposes how this type of assistance funds authoritarianism by perpetuating colonial systems of extraction and repression and allowing local elites to leverage aid for their own purposes. Aiding Autocrats is an essential contribution to scholarship on migration management, foreign aid, development, and democratization as well as Middle Eastern, African, and European politics.

About the Authors

Kelsey P. Norman is a Fellow for the Middle East and Director of the Women's Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees program at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. She is the author of Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa (2020).

Nicholas R. Micinski is an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service at American University. He is the author of Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (2022) and UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees (2021).