The Political Economy of Border Checkpoints in Shadow Exchanges

Bibliographic Data

ID4868643
AuthorsTak-Wing Ngo (Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau, Macao, China), Tak‐wing Ngo (University of Macau, corresponding author), Eva P W Hung (0000-0001-6315-8348, Department of Social Science, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
Year2019
Volume49
Issue2
Pages178-192
Publication date2019-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472336.2018.1555273
OpenAlexW2906267479
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited46

This introductory article revisits cross-border shadow exchanges in a comparative perspective and reflects on their theoretical implications. It explores the diversities and complexities of shadow operations and critically examines the concept of informality that is commonly used to describe such non-state-sanctioned practices. It further underlines the key role played by checkpoint politics in border governance. Border checkpoints serve both as a state institution in regulating border crossings as well as a political site where material and power exchanges among state and non-state actors are negotiated. Such negotiation of selective passage through state-controlled gateways is often predicated upon the skilful manipulation of time and space by experienced traders and brokers

Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Institution · Management · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Shadow (psychology · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Global Influence and Migration · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Sex work and related issues

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