1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459207003321

Autore

Mountz Alison

Titolo

Seeking asylum [[electronic resource] ] : human smuggling and bureaucracy at the border / / Alison Mountz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010

ISBN

145294640X

0816673578

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 209 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

364.1/37

Soggetti

Human smuggling

Emigration and immigration

Human smuggling - Prevention

Noncitizens

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Struggles to land in states of migration -- Human smuggling and refugee protection -- Seeing borders like a state -- Ethnography of the state -- Crisis and the making of the bogus refugee -- Stateless by geographical design -- In the shadows of the state -- What kind of state are we in?

Sommario/riassunto

This study draws from many sources to argue that refugee-receiving states capitalise on crises generated by high-profile human smuggling events to implement restrictive measures designed to regulate migration. Whether states view themselves as powerful actors who can successfully exclude outsiders or as vulnerable actors in need of stronger policies to repel potential threats, they end up subverting access to human rights, altering laws, and extending power beyond their own borders.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910330455103321

Autore

Firth Stewart

Titolo

Understanding Oceania : celebrating the University of the South Pacific and its collaboration with the Australian National University / / editors, Stewart Firth, Vijay Naidu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2019

Acton, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University Press, , 2019

ISBN

9781760462895

1760462896

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 408 pages) : maps

Collana

Pacific series

Disciplina

378.9611

Soggetti

Australia

Pacific Rim countries

Education

Oceania Social conditions

Oceania Economic conditions

Oceania Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is inspired by the University of the South Pacific, the leading institution of higher education in the Pacific Islands region. Founded in 1968, USP has expanded the intellectual horizons of generations of students from its 12 member countries—Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu—and been responsible for the formation of a regional elite of educated Pacific Islanders who can be found in key positions in government and commerce across the region.
At the same time, this book celebrates the collaboration of USP with The Australian National University in research, doctoral training, teaching and joint activities. Twelve of our 19 contributors gained their doctorates at ANU, most of them before or after being students and/or teaching staff at USP, and the remaining five embody the cross-



fertilisation in teaching, research and consultancy of the two institutions.
The contributions to this collection, with a few exceptions, are republications of key articles on the Pacific Islands by scholars with extensive experience and knowledge of the region."