Reframing Accountability for Human Trafficking Along the India-Bangladesh Border: A Securitization and Fragmented Governance Approach

Title

Reframing Accountability for Human Trafficking Along the India-Bangladesh Border: A Securitization and Fragmented Governance Approach

Creator

Paul, Susmita

Description

This research investigates the persistence of human trafficking along the IndiaBangladesh border through the combined theoretical lenses of securitization and fragmented governance. While existing literature and policy frameworks often approach trafficking as an issue of migration management, social welfare, or criminal justice, this study argues that such interpretations inadequately address the structural and political dynamics that shape state responses. The research posits that the framing of trafficking as a national security threatrather than a social or human rights concernhas produced a system where accountability is diffuse, bureaucratic, and performative rather than substantive. Copyright 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global Scientific Publishing is prohibited. Use of this chapter to train generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is expressly prohibited. The publisher reserves all rights to license its use for generative AI training and machine learning model development.

Source

Legal and Psychological Perspectives on Prostitution and Human Trafficking;pp.339-362

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Paul S., Christ University, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833735843-7; 979-833735841-3; 979-833735842-0;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-5841-3.ch012

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