Lea Müller-Funk is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Introduction 1: The Uprisings in Egypt: Political Events Mobilising Across Borders 2: The Emerging Egyptian Emigration State: Egypt’s Multifaceted Approach to Relating to its Citizens Abroad 3: Egyptian Migration to Europe: An Egyptian Diaspora? 4: Managing Immigration in Vienna and Paris: A Comparison 5: A Typology of Transnational Activists 6: Transnational Political Networks, Strategies and Ideas in Paris 7: Transnational Political Networks, Strategies and Ideas in Vienna 8: The Local and the Distant: Reconfiguring Imagined Communities Conclusion

Lea Müller-Funk is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Introduction 1: The Uprisings in Egypt: Political Events Mobilising Across Borders 2: The Emerging Egyptian Emigration State: Egypt’s Multifaceted Approach to Relating to its Citizens Abroad 3: Egyptian Migration to Europe: An Egyptian Diaspora? 4: Managing Immigration in Vienna and Paris: A Comparison 5: A Typology of Transnational Activists 6: Transnational Political Networks, Strategies and Ideas in Paris 7: Transnational Political Networks, Strategies and Ideas in Vienna 8: The Local and the Distant: Reconfiguring Imagined Communities Conclusion

Lea Müller-Funk is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Introduction 1: The Uprisings in Egypt: Political Events Mobilising Across Borders 2: The Emerging Egyptian Emigration State: Egypt’s Multifaceted Approach to Relating to its Citizens Abroad 3: Egyptian Migration to Europe: An Egyptian Diaspora? 4: Managing Immigration in Vienna and Paris: A Comparison 5: A Typology of Transnational Activists 6: Transnational Political Networks, Strategies and Ideas in Paris 7: Transnational Political Networks, Strategies and Ideas in Vienna 8: The Local and the Distant: Reconfiguring Imagined Communities Conclusion