Suchergebnisse

Introduction : feminist imaginings of 21st century gendered states / Swati Parashar, J. Ann Tickner, and Jacqui True -- Rethinking the state in international relations : a personal reflection / J. Ann Tickner -- Bringing back gendered states : feminist second image theorizing of international relations / Jacqui True -- Manly states and feminist foreign policy : revisiting the liberal state as an agent of change / David Duriesmith -- Rescuing the state? : sovereignty, identity, and the gendered re-articulation of the state / Christine Agius -- Gendered state assemblages and temporary labor migration : the case of Sri Lanka / Samanthi J. Gunawardana -- Mother Russia in queer peril : the gender logic of the hypermasculine state / Cai Wilkinson -- A global South state's challenge to gendered global cultures of peacekeeping / Lesley J. Pruitt -- The gendered state and the emergence of a post-conflict, post-disaster semi-autonomous form of state (Aceh, Indonesia) / Katrina Lee-Koo -- The postcolonial/emotional state : mother India's response to her deviant Maoist children / Swati Parashar -- Violence and gender politics in forming the proto-state "Islamic state" / Katherine E. Brown -- Afterwards / Christine Sylvester

As the proportion of the gross domestic product of Southeast Asian countries accounted for by agriculture continues its long-term decline, it is natural in studying regional migration flows to emphasize the ways people are moving away from farming. Across the region, however, millions of people continue to migrate both within and across international borders to take part in agricultural production. Many of them are moving to grow "boom crops" like cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, and shrimp, all of which have seen rapid expansion over the last two decades. In this article, the author provides a comparative survey of the links between crop booms and migration in Southeast Asia, arguing that this migration has taken three main forms: relatively autonomous and "spontaneous" migration by households or individuals looking to set up as boom crop-growing smallholders; a "transmigration" model in which parastatal agencies or private corporations with state support help migrants to relocate so that they can take part in organized farming schemes with at least some smallholder component; and migration for the purpose of working as waged laborers for plantations or richer smallholders growing boom crops. The importance of these types of migration has varied across crops. In the conclusion, the author makes several points about the politics of migration and crop booms. (Crit Asian Stud/GIGA)