Fluid Security In The Asia Pacific: Transnational Lives, Human Rights And State Control (transnational Crime, Crime Control And Security)
by Sharon Pickering /
2015 / English / PDF
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This book explores the experiences of temporary migrants in the
Asia-Pacific region. It develops the original concept of
‘fluid security’ to analyse the way in which persons carry a set
of tools, strategies and attitudes across spatial, temporal
and imagined borders. This concept applies a mobilities lens
to human security in order to take into account the aspirations
and needs of mobile populations appropriate for a
globalising world. The book brings to light the
diverse experiences of mobility and the multiple
vulnerabilities experienced by individuals that
intersect with, and sometimes challenge, national security
domains.
This book explores the experiences of temporary migrants in the
Asia-Pacific region. It develops the original concept of
‘fluid security’ to analyse the way in which persons carry a set
of tools, strategies and attitudes across spatial, temporal
and imagined borders. This concept applies a mobilities lens
to human security in order to take into account the aspirations
and needs of mobile populations appropriate for a
globalising world. The book brings to light the
diverse experiences of mobility and the multiple
vulnerabilities experienced by individuals that
intersect with, and sometimes challenge, national security
domains.
The authors analyse mobility patterns that are diversifying at a
rate far outstripping the capacity of governments to adapt
to the human security needs of mobile populations. While the
idea of global citizenship may be held up as an ideal through
which access to rights is not an arbitrary lottery, it
remains far from a reality for the majority of migrants. They are
excluded from the migratory flows global elites engage in
almost at will. This important book advances the idea that
mobile individuals can generate their own security when they have
agency and the ability to plan; that experiences of security
are not necessarily tied to permanence; that mobile
populations benefit from policies that support transnational
life; and that fluid security is enhanced when individuals
are able to carry a bundle of rights with them.
The authors analyse mobility patterns that are diversifying at a
rate far outstripping the capacity of governments to adapt
to the human security needs of mobile populations. While the
idea of global citizenship may be held up as an ideal through
which access to rights is not an arbitrary lottery, it
remains far from a reality for the majority of migrants. They are
excluded from the migratory flows global elites engage in
almost at will. This important book advances the idea that
mobile individuals can generate their own security when they have
agency and the ability to plan; that experiences of security
are not necessarily tied to permanence; that mobile
populations benefit from policies that support transnational
life; and that fluid security is enhanced when individuals
are able to carry a bundle of rights with them.