Rethinking Authority in China’s Border Regime: Regulating the Irregular

Cover -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Multiple Borders -- Tracking The Border Down -- Contextualizing Chinese Border Politics In The Making -- On Border Regimes, Sovereignty, And Immigration -- Methodological Reflections -- Map Of The Book -- Bibliography -- 2. Border Authority And Zoning Technologies -- Border As A Method Of Investigation -- Territorial Governmentality And Zoning Technologies -- Self-regulation And Self-responsibility In China's Neo-socialist Governmentality -- Bibliography 3. Graduated Citizenship And Social Control In China's Immigration System -- The Power To Choose -- Characteristics Of The Chinese Immigration System -- Labelling Immigrants: Differentiating Legal Authority And Control Over Immigrants -- Rationalities Of The Chinese Immigration System -- Bibliography -- 4. Making Border Politics: State Actors & Security In The Chinese Border Regime -- Locating Border Security Control: Externalization/internalization -- State Configurations In Border Politics -- Defending The Border: Security Enforcement Internal Border Security: Developing Border Areas From Within -- Policing At Distance And Local Exceptions -- Bibliography -- 5. Re-scaling Territorial Authority Within Regional Organizations -- From Left Behind To Bridging The Gap: Re-scaling The Chinese State -- Greater Mekong Subregion (gms) -- Greater Tumen Initiative (gti) -- Zoning Through Development -- Bibliography -- 6. Local Bordering Practices And Zoning Technologies -- Southwest: Dehong And Xishuangbanna Prefecture/yunnan Province -- Northeast: Yanbian Prefecture/jilin Province Legality As A Selective, Conditional, And Locally Bound Privilege -- Bibliography -- 7. Conclusion -- Authority In The Chinese Border Regime -- Special Border Zones: Normalizing Local Exceptions -- The Role Of Local Governments In China's Border Management -- Border As A Method Of Social Control: Graduated Citizenship In China's Immigration System -- Border As A Method Of Spatial Development: Territoriality And Centre-periphery Relations -- Bibliography -- References -- Appendix A: Institutional Architecture Of Yunnan Province In The Gms Appendix B: Institutional Architecture Of Jilin Province In The Gti -- Glossary -- Index -- List Of Maps, Tables, And Figures -- Figure 1 Border As A Method -- Figure 2 Social Hierarchy -- Figure 3 Pictures From A 2016 Calendar Issued By The Yunnan Provincial Government -- Figure 4 Model Of Chinese Border Defence Lines -- Figure 5 Organization Of Chinese Border Security Actors -- Table 1 Relevant Organizations -- Table 2 Overview Of The Analytical Framework -- Border As A Method -- Table 3 Types Of Zones -- Table 4 Chinese Visa Categories Franziska Plümmer. Table 5 Different Policy Fields Within Immigration System. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.