The Securitization of Transnational Labor Migration

The Case of Malaysia and Indonesia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6041277
AutoresAlexander R Arifianto (0000-0003-1626-4599, Arizona State University, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume1
Fascículo4
Páginas613-630
Data de publicação2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1943-0787.2009.01145.x
OpenAlexW2011854397
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas28

Existing studies on transnational migration in Southeast Asia tend to view it primarily from labor, human rights, or gender perspectives. Few of these studies have viewed labor migration as a security problem between the countries involved. This article attempts to close this gap in the literature by looking at the case study of labor migration from Indonesia and Malaysia from a security perspective and how it affects the relationship between migrants, citizens, and governments of these two countries. The article utilizes securitization theory introduced by the Copenhagen School to explain why, within the last two decades, Malaysian politicians have shifted their treatment of Indonesian migrants from a policy of toleration to one that considers them a security threat against Malaysian society

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Human migration · Human rights · Human security · Indonesian · Migrant workers · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Population · Securitization · Sociology · Southeast asia · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration