Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Neumayer, Eric

Titel

Unequal access to foreign spaces: how states use visa restrictions to regulate mobility in a globalized world

Ist Teil von

• Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965), 2006-03, Vol.31 (1), p.72-84

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Nation-states employ visa restrictions to manage the complex trade-off between facilitating the entrance to their territory by passport holders from certain countries for economic and political reasons and deterring individuals from other countries for reasons of perceived security and immigration control. The resulting system is one of highly unequal access to foreign spaces, reinforcing existing inequalities. Transnational mobility is encouraged for passport holders from privileged nations, particularly rich Western countries, at the expense of severe restrictions for others. Visa restrictions manifest states' unfaltering willingness to monitor, regulate and control entrance to their territory in a globalized world.