Koinova, Maria (2022) Polycentric governance of transit migration : a relational perspective from the Balkans and the Middle East. Review of International Studies, 48 (3). pp. 461-483. doi:10.1017/S0260210521000693 ISSN 0260-2105.

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Abstract

State and non-state actors interact in both formal and informal ways during migration governance. Yet, we know little about such interactions, especially in the field of transit migration, a largely regional phenomenon. Here the categories of migrants are fluid between refugees, regular and irregular migrants, including those from conflict regions. Governance takes place also informally. Building on relational theories in International Relations, this paper introduces a novel relational approach to polycentric governance. I argue that at the center of such governance are not simply institutions or migration regimes, but power-laden relations among governmental, non-governmental, supranational and non-state actors, as well as sending and destination states. These form architectures of partially official, partially informal dynamics that govern transit migration in a particular world region. Such architectures are based on mechanisms of cooperation, conditionality, containment, contestation, and others, combined in regionally specific ways. The mechanisms manifest themselves differently depending on how actors are embedded in places with different political regimes and statehood capacities. The paper illustrates this relational perspective to polycentric governance with comparative evidence from the Balkans and the Middle East.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration J Political Science > JZ International relations K Law [Moys] > KC International Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Legal polycentricity , Legitimacy of governments , Intergovernmental cooperation, Emigration and immigration -- International cooperation, Regionalism -- Balkan Peninsula, Regionalism -- Mediterranean Region
Journal or Publication Title:	Review of International Studies
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0260-2105
Official Date:	July 2022
Dates:	Date Event July 2022 Published 21 January 2021 Available 21 October 2021 Accepted
Volume:	48
Number:	3
Page Range:	pp. 461-483
DOI:	10.1017/S0260210521000693
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights):	This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Review of International Studies. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	29 November 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access:	2 December 2021
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