Governing by debasing migrant lives. Reconceptualising biopolitics and extractivism in migration geography
Published online on January 08, 2026
Abstract
Progress in Human Geography, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 517-532, August 2026.
This article offers a nuanced understanding of the biopolitics of migration, interrogating the ways in which migrants are object of value extraction by being devalued and debilitated. The paper introduces the concept of governing by debasing that ...
This article offers a nuanced understanding of the biopolitics of migration, interrogating the ways in which migrants are object of value extraction by being devalued and debilitated. The paper introduces the concept of governing by debasing that ...