Collyer, Michael and King, Russell (2015) Producing transnational space: international migration and the extra-territorial reach of state power. Progress in Human Geography, 39 (2). pp. 185-204. ISSN 0309-1325

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Abstract

Geographical research into migrants’ use of transnational space has contributed towards the materialization of a purely metaphorical construct. A largely separate literature on borders has sought to ‘transnationalize’ the border by identifying how control practices move away from the physical border line. This paper brings these developing approaches together. The various ways in which state institutions attempt to control transnational relations require some account of control mechanisms that surpass the state’s current territorial limits. Three techniques of control are identified from the literature review – physical, symbolic and imaginative. These are explored in two case studies.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	control, diaspora, extra-territorial, migration policy, space, transnationalism
Schools and Departments:	School of Global Studies > Geography
Subjects:	J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonisation. Emigration and immigration. International migration > JV6001 Emigration and immigration. International migration
Depositing User:	Jayne Paulin
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2015 14:14
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2021 12:00
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/52240

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