Doctoral Dissertation Research: Migration and State Regulation in the Wake of Economic Crisis

博士论文研究：经济危机后的移民与国家监管

• 批准号: 1419200
• 负责人: James Ferguson
• 金额: $ 2.46万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1419200&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Migration; State

People's ability to move is highly regulated, though often in ways they are unaware of: vehicle registration, licenses, IDs, passports, permits, policing, stop signs, the tarring of roads, etc. But economic and political crises can suddenly harden these forms of regulation. How are people's conceptions of mobility, governance, and citizenship expressed and transformed in the face of constant and immediate regulation? This project, which trains a graduate student in how to conduct rigorous, scientifically grounded fieldwork, examines what factors contribute to effective citizen/state relations and governance in the wake of economic crisis. Stanford University doctoral candidate, Kathryn Takabvirwa, under the supervision of Dr. James Ferguson, will explore how regulators and regulated navigate government regulatory projects designed to restrict mobility following an economic crisis. Zimbabwe presents an ideal site for the nexus of citizenship and legality in the context of migration. The country is emerging from exceptional economic crisis which saw its inflation hit over 89 sextillion percent in 2008, and where a staggering 10% to 42% of the population exited the country and migrates regularly between Zimbabwe and neighboring countries like South Africa. Issues of global concern in an era of hyper-mobility are accentuated in such contexts. The researcher will explore these questions through a 13-month ethnographic study. Taking a multi-methods approach, the project uses both qualitative and quantitative data, employing participant observation, in-depth interviews, survey methods, archival work and material analysis. This study contributes to a better, more nuanced understanding of experiences in post-crisis societies. It advances understandings of how citizenship and sociality are forged in the spaces of citizen/state engagement in everyday life. It goes beyond conventional approaches that see developing countries as simply mired in corruption to empirically examine how policies and practices are actually experienced, and present a more nuanced understanding of citizenship and governance.

人们的出行能力受到严格监管，尽管往往以他们不知道的方式进行：车辆登记、执照、身份证、护照、许可证、治安、停车标志、道路柏油等。但经济和政治危机可能会突然使这些形式变得更加严格的监管。面对持续而直接的监管，人们的流动性、治理和公民观念如何表达和转变？该项目培训研究生如何进行严格的、有科学依据的实地考察，研究经济危机后哪些因素有助于有效的公民/国家关系和治理。斯坦福大学博士生凯瑟琳·塔卡布维尔瓦 (Kathryn Takabvirwa) 在詹姆斯·弗格森 (James Ferguson) 博士的指导下，将探讨监管机构和受监管机构如何引导旨在限制经济危机后流动的政府监管项目。津巴布韦是在移民背景下将公民身份与合法性联系起来的理想场所。该国正在摆脱特殊的经济危机，2008 年通货膨胀率超过 89%，令人震惊的是，有 10% 至 42% 的人口离开该国，定期在津巴布韦和南非等邻国之间迁移。在这种背景下，高度流动性时代的全球关注问题变得更加突出。研究人员将通过为期 13 个月的人种学研究来探索这些问题。该项目采用多种方法，采用定性和定量数据，采用参与观察、深度访谈、调查方法、档案工作和材料分析。这项研究有助于更好、更细致地理解危机后社会的经历。它增进了对如何在公民/国家参与日常生活的空间中形成公民身份和社会性的理解。它超越了将发展中国家仅仅视为陷入腐败的传统方法，以实证方式检验政策和实践的实际经历，并对公民身份和治理提出了更细致的理解。