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Transnationalism reloaded: the historical trajectory of a concept
Ist Teil von
Ethnic and racial studies, 2017-07, Vol.40 (9), p.1474-1485
Ort / Verlag
London: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Quelle
Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In this commentary, I discuss the importance of Portes, Guarnizo and Landolt's article, focusing on three specific points. First, I argue that this 1999 article represented a turning point in transnational migration studies, in that it made it possible to address important weaknesses in this field of study. Second, I reflect on the article's lack of reference to the nation-state and its power to shape transnational fields. Third, I argue that the cumulative knowledge gained over the last two decades - triggered in part by the claims of this 1999 article - have been steadily integrated into this field of investigation, rendering possible important theoretical alterations. These insights have made possible a shift towards a new stance, a transnational perspective whose specific epistemology makes it possible to develop explanatory frameworks for current transformation processes and to revise social theory more generally.