Temporary Migration, Transnational Politics? The Politics of Temporary Migration in Australia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3648171
AutoresN Oke (0000-0003-3786-9984, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas85-101
Data de publicação2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256868.2012.633318
OpenAlexW2014862115
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas29

Temporary migration has become a significant component of Australia's migration programme, most notably via the skilled temporary work visa (s457), student visas with work rights and Working Holiday Maker visas, but also the pilot of the Pacific Seasonal Workers’ Scheme. Temporary migration is an extremely diverse phenomenon and it clearly creates opportunities for individuals, households and states. However, it just as clearly creates additional vulnerabilities. It can be a way to get workers to do work where citizens are unwilling, and temporary migrants can be politically excluded both at home and abroad. The decoupling of citizenship and work, however, has uneven affects depending on the bargaining position of workers. This paper examines temporary migration in the Australian context, and the role of NGOs and unions engaged with these migrants. The argument made is that temporary migration transnationalises these organisations. It also shows, however, the uneasy tension between national and transnational politics and solidarities, with implications for temporary migrants

Citizenship · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Migrant workers · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Temporary work · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy