The Transnational Political Practices of Chilean Migrants...

When studying the transnational political practices of Chilean migrants in the Netherlands, a transnational approach forms part of the theoretical framework. The work on transnational migration by Glick Schiller, Basch and Blanc-Szanton (1992) offers this analytical framework. Glick Schiller et al. have been among the first scholars to have introduced a transnational approach in understanding the effects of migration. They define transnationalism as â€Å"The processes by which immigrants build social fields that link together their country of origin and their country of settlement† (p.1). These migrants who are involved in transnationalism are labeled ‘transmigrants’. â€Å"Transmigrants develop and maintain multiple relations – familial, economic, social, organizational, religious, and political that span borders† (1992, p.1). These transnational linkages that transcend national borders can be placed in the light of a bigger phenomenon called globalization. Globalization makes the world figuratively smaller and more compressed in terms of time and space. According to Inda and Rosaldo (2008), globalization creates interconnection and relations between places and people that go beyond the territorial borders of a nation state. This transnational and global element makes migrants people â€Å"Who inhabit imagined communities of belonging that cut across and encompass multiple national terrains† (p. 23). Transnational linkages and feelings of multiple belonging can be developed in severalShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesDavid M. Scobey, Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape Gerda Lerner, Fireweed: A Political Autobiography Allida M. Black, ed., Modern American Queer History Eric Sandweiss, St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past Sharon Hartman Strom, Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform Michael Adas, ed., Agricultural and Pastoral Societies