20. The Role of the State in the Transnational Moment

SUMMARY

Organizers:

Richard Wright
Dartmouth College
UNITED STATES
richard.wright@dartmouth.edu

Richard Bedford
University of Waikato
NEW ZEALAND
rdb@waikato.ac.nz

Alison Mountz
University of British Columbia
CANADA
mountz@interchange.ubc.ca

Description:

This workshop will examine the role of the state in what has been identified as a transnational era with pervious national borders. As the intensity and scale of transnational practices increase, the state at times appears to recede, and at others, to assert itself with more strength, or to re-articulate in new ways. The state will be located at various scales, in relation to immigrant experiences of im/mobility. Case studies will analyze the role of the state in response to various transnational practices, including human smuggling, entrepreneurialism, refugee and asylum application, identity formation, and civic participation.

Presenters

Richard Bedford, University of Waikato, NEW ZEALAND Abstract
Manpreet Grewal, Abbotsford Community Services, CANADA
Jennifer Hyndman, Simon Fraser University, CANADA Abstract
Victoria Lawson, University of Washington, UNITED STATES Abstract
Alison Mountz, University of British Columbia, CANADA Abstract
Caroline Pluss, University of Hong Kong, CHINA Abstract
Chris Taylor, Policy Research Secretariat, CANADA
Carmen Voigt-Graf, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Paper
Margaret Walton-Roberts, University of British Columbia, CANADA Abstract Paper
Richard Wright, Dartmouth College, UNITED STATES Abstract