Development Subjectivities, Governmentality, and Migration Management in the Pacific

Lya Mainé Astonitas

ISBN 10: 1009400258 / ISBN 13: 9781009400251

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2025

Development Subjectivities, Governmentality, and Migration Management in the Pacific | Lya Mainé Astonitas | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9781009400251 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 131372785

Synopsis:

To advance the debates around temporary migration in the Pacific, a governmentality framework contributes to understanding social and historical relations produced by migration management at regional, country, and individual scales. The Recognised Seasonal Employer's (RSE) scheme, the Pacific epitome of regulated migration, temporarily recruits participants from labour-rich countries to work in New Zealand's horticulture and viticulture sectors. Driven by agricultural labour shortfalls, it was conceived and promoted as a development intervention for Pacific countries, and is regularly claimed to provide a 'triple win' for employers and industry, Pacific countries via remittances, and participants' communities. Missing from these claims is an understanding of how seasonal migration fits into new migration management regimes, and the instruments deployed to enable this omission. To appreciate how workers' subjectivities are transformed to favour labour mobility, the spotlight is on the scheme's articulation as a development instrument, its operationalisation, and the mundane day-to-day situations it entails.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Development Subjectivities, Governmentality,...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu