Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People
Edited by Martin Geiger and Antoine Pécoud
A core feature of contemporary migration politics lies in the claim to regulate and discipline the cross- border mobility of people “through”, “in the interest of” and “with the help of” the very individuals that cross national borders. Popularized by notions such as “smart borders” or “migration management”, these practices and technologies raise important questions regarding strategies of migration control, the exercise of power, and their effects on individuals, societies and states.
Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) – edited by Martin Geiger and Antoine Pécoud – scrutinizes these new developments and shows that mobility and migration politics are based on a mix of traditional coercive interventions and less repressive and indirect practices. Both types of practices are shown to pertain to the common conceptual umbrella provided by the notion of discipline.
About the editors:
Martin Geiger is currently a Banting Fellow at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He has (co-)authored and co-edited several publications including The Politics of International Migration Management (2010/2012); he is also co-editing the Palgrave Pivot series Mobility & Politics.
Antoine Pécoud is Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 13, France. He has co-edited Migration without Borders (2007), Migration and Human Rights (2009), The Politics of International Migration Management (2010/2012) and Migration and Climate Change (2011).
Thursday, February 13, 2014 in Department of Political Science, Faculty Publications, News
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