A political economy of global security approach to migration and border control
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2020-03-03
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Lori, Noora
Schilde, Kaija
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N. Lori, K. Schilde. 2020. "A Political Economy of Global Security Approach to Migration and Border Control." Journal of Global Security Studies, Volume 0, Issue 0, pp. 1 - 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogaa011
Abstract
Population movements have causes and consequences for both global security and the economic and security considerations of states. Migration itself is inexorably intertwined with global security outcomes, in the form of instability, state fragility, transnational terrorism and crime, and the radicalization (or perceived radicalization) of migrants and host societies.While modern states may have monopolized the authority over legitimate movement, they have never fully captured the management and enforcement of migration flows. Instead, market actors play key roles in determining migration outcomes—including the scale, direction, and violence associated with migration flows. Migration outcomes are, thus, critically constituted by two key forces—the security priorities of states and the complementary and competing forces of privatization and profit-making. While market forces undermine state control over migration, states have buffered and further consolidated their power over mobility by harnessing private actors and markets toward migration management and border control. We situate migration management and border control as a political economy of security issue, arguing that migration outcomes cannot be explained without examining the interaction between state security imperatives, private actors, and market forces.
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© The Author(s) (2020). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association.