CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Mosuela, Cleovi Cabrega |
|---|---|
| Title | The Dual Impetus of Neoliberalism and Transnationalism: Philippine Citizenship in Contemporary Governance |
| Summary | This research analyzes the novel transformations of citizenship articulations of Filipino transnational labor migrants and households, through the practice of social entrepreneurship, in relation to systems of governmentality. It approaches transnational labor migration as a sociopolitical problematic that provides a fertile ground for a critical examination of the Philippine state practices of community- and nation-making, the transformation of the roles it assumes, the redefinition of who its members are, and the modes of knowledge production associated with such practices under advanced capitalism. On the basis of multi-sited ethnographic research in Rome and Metro Manila between January and March 2013, I examine the values, practices and meanings Filipino transnational migrants and their households assign to citizenship. My arguments are three-fold: First, the transnational migrant communities today are the key site for, as well as constitutive of, new citizenship articulations. At the same time, it is a novel site for neoliberal governance practices. Second, I argue that the neoliberal criteria of self-governing and social entrepreneurship become citizenship ideals that further reinforce the cultural logics of transnationalism. Taken together, it follows that through the dual impetus of neoliberalism and transnationalism, OFWs and households articulate, and are regulated by, practices encouraging mobility and citizenship elements realigned with markets, governments, and cultural regimes. In conclusion, the research has revealed how neoliberalism is inflected by cultural meanings and histories, and that transnational migrant households’ articulations of citizenship challenge notions of bounded national citizenship. |
| Supervisor | Dafinger, Andreas; Çağlar, Ayşe |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/mosuela_cleovi.pdf |
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