Asylum, Work, and Precarity

Bordering the Asia-Pacific

Nicholas Henry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 227 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-86891-2 (ISBN)

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This book explores the regional coordination and impact of state responses to irregular migration in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The main argument is that regional and international trends of securitisation and criminalisation of irregular migration, often associated with framing the issue in terms of migrant smuggling and human trafficking, have intensified carceral border regimes and produced greater precarity for migrants. Bilateral and multilateral processes of regional coordination at multiple levels of government are analysed with a focus on the impact on asylum seekers and migrant workers in major destination and transit countries including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. The book will be of interest to a wide academic audience interested in the interdisciplinary field of Border Studies, as well as general readers concerned with the treatment of refugees and migrant workers who cross borders in search of safety, security, and a better life.

Nicholas Henry is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at Warwick University, UK. He has lectured in International Relations at universities in Australia and New Zealand, including Deakin University and Victoria University of Wellington.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Asia-Pacific: Regional reordering.- Chapter 3. Myanmar: at the margins of democratisation.- Chapter 4. Australia: border anxiety and threat perception.- Chapter 5. Asia-Pacific: Unfinished independence.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
Zusatzinfo	IX, 227 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	ASEAN • Asia-Pacific • Asylum • border • Crossing • Decolonisation • Irregular migration • Maritime • Myanmar • Political Community • Refugees • Regimes • regional reordering • social territory • State • state responses • state sovereignty • threat perception
ISBN-10	3-319-86891-8 / 3319868918
ISBN-13	978-3-319-86891-2 / 9783319868912
Zustand	Neuware