When IOM encounters the field

Localising the migration and development paradigm in Tajikistan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3667673
AutoresKarolina Kluczewska (0000-0002-0349-4443, University of St Andrews, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen47
Número19
Páginas4457-4477
Fecha de publicación2021-12-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Community (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2019.1691914
OpenAlexW2990601522
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas37

This article analyses localisation of the migration and development paradigm, promoted worldwide by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), by unpacking transformations that this approach undergoes in aid-receiving countries assisted by this organisation. Drawing on insights from International Relations and the anthropology of development, and taking the case of a specific policy transfer initiated by IOM in post-Soviet Tajikistan, which involved setting up a local state-operated labour recruitment system for industries abroad, the article advances three arguments. First, the crucial relevance of actors in the field, namely brokers who arrange and navigate IOM's collaborations with various actors on the ground, reveals that the authority of IOM in Tajikistan is personalised and relational, rather than institutional. Second, the existence of brokers points to an ideological heterogeneity within IOM, which on the surface seems united in its pursuit of the migration and development agenda. Third, this article problematises the role of IOM in Tajikistan, showing that the organisation interferes in state-citizens relations and that its rhetoric of migration and development justifies a market-tailored export of local labour, serving the global capitalist economy. The article contributes to research on IOM, as well as global-local interactions and international organisations in the field

Ideology · International development · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Rhetoric · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration