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Series:   Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

The Politics of Cross-Border Mobility in Southeast Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2023

Michele Ford
Michele Ford
Affiliation:
University of Sydney

Summary

This Element explains how cross-border mobility defines diplomatic relationships between Southeast Asian states and social and political dynamics within the region's key destination countries. It begins by providing an historically situated discussion of bordering processes within the region, examining evolving historical conceptions of power and sovereignty, and processes of bordering in colonial and post-colonial times. It then turns to the political, environmental, and economic drivers of contemporary cross-border mobility before examining governments' efforts to manage different kinds of border-crossers and the tensions that these efforts give rise to. Having discussed the politics of cross-border mobility in host communities, the Element returns to the question of why consideration of bordering practices and cross-border mobility is necessary in understanding contemporary Southeast Asia.
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refugeesasylum seekershuman traffickinglabour migrationbordering practices
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Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
Online ISBN: 9781108673914
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 18 January 2024

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