Fluid Security in the Asia Pacific

Claudia Tazreiter is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research focuses on forced and irregular migration, human rights, the role of non-governmental organizations and civil society in social change and gendered forms of violence.  Leanne Weber is an ARC Future Fellow in internal border policing and a co-director of the Border Crossing Observatory at Monash University, Australia. She researches border control using critical criminological and human rights frames.  Sharon Pickering is Professor of Criminology at Monash University, Australia. She researches irregular migration and crime often with a focus on gender and human rights.  Marie Segrave is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Monash University, Australia. Her work focuses on human trafficking, labour exploitation, women prisoners and policing challenges.  Helen McKernan is currently completing her doctoral thesis in sociology at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. She has written on the criminalisation of migrant groups in Melbourne and the intersectionality of gender and race in relations between the police and minorities.

• 1. In Search of 'Fluid Security': The Outline of a Concept2. Methodology3. Chinese Students: Isolated Global Citizens4. Indonesian Temporary Migrants: Australia as a First Preference or Last Resort5. Samoan-Born New Zealanders as Trans-Tasman denizens6. Tonga7. The Decision to Leave: Processes that Drive Mobility8. Reaching Australia: Processes that Mediate Mobility9. Processes of Reception and Inclusion in Australia10. Conclusion