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Migrants' long-distance economic relations with their homelands have been the subject of an extensive, albeit fragmented, multidisciplinary inquiry. Most existing studies have been primarily concerned with the north-south flow of monetary remittances that migrants send to their homelands. Using a transnational perspective informed by economic sociology tenets, this article argues that this north-south, monetary-centered approach is too limited, for it fails to heed the multiple macroeconomic effects of migrants' transnational economic and noneconomic connections and, thus, underestimates migrants' agency and their influence at the global level. Using the concept of transnational living, the study presents new vistas of transnational migration that question accepted notions about the relationship between labor mobility and capital mobility.

Examines the effects of dual citizenship on political incorporation of US immigrants. The author presents a theoretical framework for analyzing contemporary migrants' transnational practices, focusing on Dominican & Colombian migrants in New York City & Salvadoran migrants in Los Angeles. A discussion of perspectives on transnationalism is followed by an analysis of transnational political participation among earlier immigrants & the roots of these practices in the three countries of interest. Next, the author discusses the contexts of immigrant reception in New York & Los Angeles, & provides a detailed analysis of transnational political participation in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, & El Salvador. The article concludes with a comparison of past & present transnational practices, a comparison of European & Latin American immigrants, & a discussion of variation in transnational action across national groups. 1 Table, 104 References. J. R. Callahan

Examines the effects of dual citizenship on political incorporation of US immigrants. The author presents a theoretical framework for analyzing contemporary migrants' transnational practices, focusing on Dominican & Colombian migrants in New York City & Salvadoran migrants in Los Angeles. A discussion of perspectives on transnationalism is followed by an analysis of transnational political participation among earlier immigrants & the roots of these practices in the three countries of interest. Next, the author discusses the contexts of immigrant reception in New York & Los Angeles, & provides a detailed analysis of transnational political participation in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, & El Salvador. The article concludes with a comparison of past & present transnational practices, a comparison of European & Latin American immigrants, & a discussion of variation in transnational action across national groups. 1 Table, 104 References. J. R. Callahan

At the dawn of the 1990s, Dominicans are one of the fastest-growing and most conspicuous immigrant groups in the United States. In contrast to the prevailing conception of migrants as forming a stream of people, this article explores the U.S.-linked Dominican migration as a distinct social group, clearly distinguishable from its nonmigrant conationals and functioning in a transnational milieu. The article examines the group's own socioeconomic, cultural, and political characteristics and its relationships with the two national states. Because of the migrants' binational character, instead of espousing policies aimed solely at affecting their mobility, the U.S. and the Dominican governments would be better advised to foster connections between the resources and demands generated by these binationals and the development efforts in the Dominican Republic and in Dominican settlements overseas.

Explores the US-linked Dominican migration as a distinct social group, clearly distinguishable from its nonmigrant conationals & functioning in a transnational milieu. The group's socioeconomic, cultural, & political characteristics & its relationships with the two national states are examined. Because of the migrants' binational character, the US & the Dominican governments would be advised to foster connections between the resources & demands generated by these binationals & the development efforts in the Dominican Republic & in Dominican settlements overseas. Adapted from the source document.