Transnational Migration and Human Security

The Migration-Development-Security Nexus
2011
ISBN: 978-3-642-26861-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 792 g

Reihe: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace

The volume places the migration-development-security nexus in the field of transnational studies. Rather than treating these three categories as self-evident, the essays excavate aspects of power and privilege built into their governing frameworks and conflicting rationales apparent in practices of control. Bringing together diverse experiences and case studies, the volume highlights the problematic nature of maintaining distinct and disconnected frameworks of governance. It argues for a new approach that demonstrates the significance and usefulness of comparative ethics in conceptualising migration from a human-centered and gendered perspective in order to address the multi-facetted and multi-dimensional nature and meanings of "security".

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gasper, Des

Truong, Thanh-Dam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Acknowledgement.- Part I Introduction.- Part II Neoliberal Governmentality and Transnational Migration: the Interplay of Security Fears and Business Forces.- Part III Migrant Experiences: Agency in the Grey Zone.- Part IV Transnational Identities and Issues of Citizenship.- Part V Ethics of Modern Day Transnational Migration: A Human Security

Perspective.- Abbreviations.- Bibliography.- Biographies of Contributors.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Thanh-Dam Truong is co-ordinator of the research group on Migration and Human Security and Associate Professor in Women, Gender and Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Many of her publications address the nexus of gender, migration and human security, including: Sex, Money and Morality: Prostitution and Tourism in Southeast Asia.

Des Gasper is Professor of Human Development, Development Ethics and Public Policy at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Nether-lands. Previous work includes: (with Raymond Apthorpe): Arguing Development Policy – Frames and Discourses (London: Frank Cass, 1996).