Migration, globalisation and human security
Contributors: Poku, Nana, 1971-
Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration; Routledge Research in Population and Migration
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780203980675
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; National security
Description: Migration, Globalisation and Human Security looks at a range of security and human security issues related to the displacement of civilian populations and shows how the tenuous existence of migrants can lead to a myriad of human security threats. Providing major theoretical analyses of recent migration trends and in depth-case studies, this book shows that a redefinition of the notion of human security is now needed.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Population movements and human (in)security; The structure of the book; References; 2 Human security in a globalising world; Introduction; Realism, the state and security; The state and insecurity; The human security approach; Conclusion; References; 3 'Neither here nor there?'; Introduction; What is a diaspora?; New relevance for old phenomena?; Globalisation; Increased migratory flows; Increased levels of pluralism and tolerance; Increased ethnonationalism; Diasporas and threats to security; title: Redefining securityDiasporas and threats to national and global security; Diasporas and threats to homelands; Diasporas and threats to host countries; Diasporas and threats to third parties; Conclusion; References; 4 Mapping territoriality; Geopolitics and the nation-state; Constructing territorialities; Shifting boundaries and autonomy; Contested sovereignties and the citizen; Where to governance?; Conclusion; References; 5 Migration and security from a North-South perspective; New Dimensions of Security; The securitisation of migration: the case of Sweden; title: Comparing the incomparable: Sweden and MalawiThe era of globalisation: two forms of modernity; Malawi: country profile; Life in Malawi; Sweden: country profile; Life in Sweden; Malawi and the Mozambican refugees; Transnational politics; Transnational life; Changes connected to the refugee presence; Notions of inside and outside in Malawi; Changes in the 1990s; Sweden and the Bosnian refugees; Transnational politics; Changes connected with the refugee presence; Notions of inside and outside in Sweden; Malawi and Sweden: differences and similarities; Malawi: on the road to industrial modernity?; title: The role of cross-border migration in MalawiSweden: still on the road?; The role of cross-border migration in Sweden; The securitisation of migration: the staging of certainty; References; 6 A durable international migration and security nexus; Exaggerated fears of spillover of Algerian insurgency to France?; Unrest in Kurdish areas and spillover to Western Europe; How and why international migration affects security: comparative insights; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Meta-societies, remittance economies and Internet addresses; 'Meta-societies' and a meanings of 'security'; title: Oceanic social realitiesThe promise of return; The ambiguity of migration; Remittances and the operation of transnational corporation of kin; Prominent writers; Remittances in the national economy; Uses of remittances; Transnational corporations of kin; Capitalising on investment and cyberspace opportunities; New forms of dependency; References; 8 Tourism, globalisation and critical security in Burma and Thailand; Introduction; Globalisation and the control of tourism development; Critical security; The tourism process; Tourism, human rights and political security in Burma