Conceptualising the Emergence of Immigrants’ Transnational Communities

Liza M. Nell ()
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Liza M. Nell: Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies – IMES, University of Amsterdam, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Migration Letters, 2004, vol. 1, issue 1, 50-56

Abstract: Under which circumstances do immigrant transnational political activities emerge into a sustainable transnational community? First, this depends on the transnational political opportunity structure (TPOS) including both immigrant’s country of settlement and the (ancestral) country of origin. Governments’ integration and emigration models – that politically incorporate or exclude immigrants or emigrants – may invite or discourage transnational political action. Second, different models of citizenship of both countries, used to define a migrant’s membership in society, strongly influence the type of transnational activities. At the same time citizenship contains the norms, values, and loyalties immigrants have in their notion of acting as a good (transnational) citizen.

Keywords: Transnational communities; Netherlands; political activities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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