Hoffman, Mark N.2013-10-172013-10-172013-07https://hdl.handle.net/11299/158374University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertatation. July 2013. Major: Political Science. Advisor: Raymond Duvall, Lisa J. Disch. 1 computer file (PDF); ii, 304 pages.A postcolonial-historical reconsideration of migration discourse - including practices of recruitment, exploitation, and exclusion - in the contemporary "security environment."en-USBordersColonialismGlobalizationImperialismMigrationNational SecurityRethinking the politics of immigration: colonial modes of immigration management and the ambivalent resilience of the Empire StateThesis or Dissertation