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Rethinking Authority in China's Border Regime : Regulating the Irregular /

In the 21st century, governments around the globe are faced with the question on how to tackle new migratory mobilities. Governments increasingly become aware of irregular immigration and are forced to re-negotiate the dilemma of open but secure borders. 'Rethinking Authority in China's Bo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plümmer, Franziska (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Colección:New mobilities in Asia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • Multiple Borders
  • Tracking the Border down
  • Contextualizing Chinese Border Politics in the Making
  • On Border Regimes, Sovereignty, and Immigration
  • Methodological Reflections
  • Map of the Book
  • Bibliography
  • 2. Border Authority and Zoning Technologies
  • Border as a Method of Investigation
  • Territorial Governmentality and Zoning Technologies
  • Self-regulation and Self-responsibility in China's Neo-socialist Governmentality
  • Bibliography
  • 3. Graduated Citizenship and Social Control in China's Immigration System
  • The Power to Choose
  • Characteristics of the Chinese Immigration System
  • Labelling Immigrants: Differentiating Legal Authority and Control over Immigrants
  • Rationalities of the Chinese Immigration System
  • Bibliography
  • 4. Making Border Politics: State Actors & Security in the Chinese Border Regime
  • Locating Border Security Control: Externalization/Internalization
  • State Configurations in Border Politics
  • Defending the Border: Security Enforcement
  • Internal Border Security: Developing Border Areas from Within
  • Policing at Distance and Local Exceptions
  • Bibliography
  • 5. Re-Scaling Territorial Authority within Regional Organizations
  • From Left behind to Bridging the Gap: Re-scaling the Chinese State
  • Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)
  • Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI)
  • Zoning through Development
  • Bibliography
  • 6. Local Bordering Practices and Zoning Technologies
  • Southwest: Dehong and Xishuangbanna Prefecture/Yunnan Province
  • Northeast: Yanbian Prefecture/Jilin Province
  • Legality as a Selective, Conditional, and Locally Bound Privilege
  • Bibliography
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Authority in the Chinese Border Regime
  • Special Border Zones: Normalizing Local Exceptions
  • The Role of Local Governments in China's Border Management
  • Border as a Method of Social Control: Graduated Citizenship in China's Immigration System
  • Border as a Method of Spatial Development: Territoriality and Centre-Periphery Relations
  • Bibliography
  • References
  • Appendix A: Institutional Architecture of Yunnan Province in the GMS
  • Appendix B: Institutional Architecture of Jilin Province in the GTI
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • List of Maps, Tables, and Figures
  • Figure 1 Border as a method
  • Figure 2 Social hierarchy
  • Figure 3 Pictures from a 2016 calendar issued by the Yunnan Provincial Government
  • Figure 4 Model of Chinese border defence lines
  • Figure 5 Organization of Chinese border security actors
  • Table 1 Relevant organizations
  • Table 2 Overview of the analytical framework
  • Border as a method
  • Table 3 Types of zones
  • Table 4 Chinese visa categories