Barbora, Sanjay; Thieme, Susan; Siegmann, Karin Astrid (2010). Patterns and Politics of Migration in South Asia. In: Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 313-328). Bern: Geographica Bernensia
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Migration is an important social and historical reality in South Asia. In the past decade, migration from one country to another and internal migration (i.e. migration within a particular country) have assumed different dimensions for people in the region. Contemporary research on migration is placed in a spectrum that ranges from exponents of economic benefits at one end, to those who see migration as a security threat, at the other. This paper combines the work of three researchers and looks at the different political locations from which the South Asian subject is induced to move. It also discusses the economic and political implications that arise from these migration trajectories. Drawing on their research, the authors emphasise the need for understanding how migration is linked to a complex set of processes that reflect power relations in unequal societies.
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Book Section (Book Chapter) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability > Unit Critical Sustainability Studies (CSS) 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability |
UniBE Contributor: |
Thieme, Susan |
ISBN: |
978-3-905835-13-7 |
Series: |
Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South |
Publisher: |
Geographica Bernensia |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Florian Dolder |
Date Deposited: |
17 Sep 2018 10:49 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:17 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.119522 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/119522 |
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