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In the last two decades, Turkey has witnessed a variety of bordering interventions rooted in its problematisation as variously "transit," "destination," "European," "Muslim" and "safe." This book brings into focus seemingly disparate actors involved in such interventions, from the EU and international organisations to missionaries, security professionals and migrants themselves. It exposes how these actors depend upon the intersecting rationalities of managerialism, securitisation, humanitarianism and orientalism to control, contain, process, save and soul-lift mobile populations.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Bordercracies and Bordercrats.- 3. Regional Consulting Processes as Techniques of Partnership.- 4. The UNHCR Steer.- 5. Refugee (Un)Becoming.- 6. Holy Crossings.- 7. Conclusion.
About the author
Shoshana Fine is Research Associate at the Centre for International Studies and Research (CERI) at Sciences Po Paris. Her research engages with critical approaches to migration, security and borders, particularly in relation to the EU and Turkey.
Summary
In the last two decades, Turkey has witnessed a variety of bordering interventions rooted in its problematisation as variously "transit," "destination," "European," "Muslim" and "safe." This book brings into focus seemingly disparate actors involved in such interventions, from the EU and international organisations to missionaries, security professionals and migrants themselves. It exposes how these actors depend upon the intersecting rationalities of managerialism, securitisation, humanitarianism and orientalism to control, contain, process, save and soul-lift mobile populations.
