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In this intervention, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has reconfigured transnational mobilities, connections, and solidarities, which reveals the fragility of transnationalism predicated on cosmopolitan ethics but rooted in nation-level politics. We show that as the pandemic severely disrupted transnational (infra)structures predicated on state-centric transnationalism from above, the survival and well-being of diverse transnationally mobile groups, such as refugees, transnational families, and international students, have been placed under unprecedented threat. In doing so, we reflect on the configurations of transnationalism in sociological understandings of globalisation, in and beyond the context of COVID-19. We advance an urgent call for action to address the consequences of the pandemic for vulnerable people who lead precarious lives in a transnational limbo caught in the gaps between nation-states.

In this intervention, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has reconfigured transnational mobilities, connections, and solidarities, which reveals the fragility of transnationalism predicated on cosmopolitan ethics but rooted in nation-level politics. We show that as the pandemic severely disrupted transnational (infra)structures predicated on state-centric transnationalism from above, the survival and well-being of diverse transnationally mobile groups, such as refugees, transnational families, and international students, have been placed under unprecedented threat. In doing so, we reflect on the configurations of transnationalism in sociological understandings of globalisation, in and beyond the context of COVID-19. We advance an urgent call for action to address the consequences of the pandemic for vulnerable people who lead precarious lives in a transnational limbo caught in the gaps between nation-states.

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Drawing on original, ethnographic research in India and the UK, in this article we discuss the impact of transnational activity on the Doaba region of East Punjab, India. We argue that some recent studies have underplayed some of the less progressive consequences of Indian transnationalism. In particular, we contend that they have underestimated the extent of division between transnational migrants and Indian non‐migrants and downplayed the relationship between transnationalism and caste inequality. This empirical study of transnationalism, when placed in the context of the dynamic caste relations of East Punjab, supports those who contend that access to international migration is becoming an increasingly significant component of contemporary global social stratification, with the 'broad' transnational processes of capitalist globalization driving the 'narrow' transnationalism studied here. In this article, we question any straightforwardly progressive relationship between transnationalism and 'development' within East Punjab, and suggest that the arguments presented have a resonance beyond northwest India.

This thesis presents a sociological case study of Bosnian migrants in Ireland who are involved in post-refugee transnationalism. The focus of the thesis is on a group of programme refugees who arrived in Ireland two decades ago but who, despite being given Irish citizenship, and despite being able to return to Bosnia, do not wish to fully commit to either country. Instead they divide their time between Bosnia and Ireland; generally they spend their summers in Bosnia and the rest of the year in Ireland. This thesis explored this current Bosnian migratory pattern which 1 termed ?Bosnian post refugee transnationalism?. In particular, I critically examine the relationship between Bosnian migrations and the policies and politics of the two states they migrate between. I argue that both states are racial states and that both states operate biopolitical regimes of govermentality, which clash with Bosnian everyday experiences and needs. I name these regimes Irish interculturalism and post-Dayton Bosnia. I argue that both regimes are characterised by essentialist understandings of ethnicity and both states homogenise their populations. Most importantly, both states are places that Bosnian migrants examined in this thesis do not want to live in permanently. I argue that politics of racialisation and policies of homogenisation endorsed by both states push Bosnians to engage in Bosnian post-refugee transnationalism. Hence, I conceptualise Bosnian post-refugee transnationalism as an enforced condition. However, while its origins are enforced, I argue that the noncommittal, complicated and evolving space they have forged for themselves between the two countries, is not a negative space but rather an opportune space - a ?space of possibility?. ; TARA (Trinity?s Access to Research Archive) has a robust takedown policy. Please contact us if you have any concerns: rssadmin@tcd.ie

Diaspora and transnationalism are widely used concepts in academic as well as political discourses. Although originally referring to quite different phenomena, they increasingly overlap today. Such inflation of meanings goes hand in hand with a danger of essentialising collective identities. This book therefore analyses diaspora and transnationalism as research perspectives rather than as characteristics of particular social groups. The contributions focus on conceptual uses, theoretical challenges and methodological innovations in the study of social ties that transcend nation and state boundaries. This volume brings together authors from a wide range of fields and approaches in the social sciences, as studying border-crossing affiliations also requires a crossing of disciplinary boundaries.

While crossing cultural and political borders and maintaining relations spanning those borders should qualify the Roma of Toronto as a transnational group, they are not easily subsumed under theories of transnationalism. Reasons pertain to the asylumseeker status of a segment of the community, as well as their 'super-diversity'. These factors mitigate effective transnational activities. More problematic in viewing local Roma through a uniform transnational lens is the concept of host/home, a linguistic convention used throughout the literature. Due their history and current status as a vilified minority throughout Europe, the possibility of belonging to a 'home' country has been undermined by states that are intent on subjugating the Roma as permanent outsiders. In assessing the applicability of general theories of transnationalism, the Roma embody a unique case that calls for a more thorough recognition of political context and social particularity.

This book offers an empirically-based view on Europeans' interconnections in everyday life. It looks at the ways in which EU residents have been getting closer across national frontiers. The book considers how people reconcile their increasing cross-border interconnections and a politically separating Europe of nation states and national interests.

In the past decade, historians have begun to make use of the optic of 'transnationalism', a perspective used traditionally by social anthropologists and sociologists in their study of the movement and flow of ideas between continents and countries. Historical scholarship has adopted this tool, and in this book historians of education use it to add nuance and depth to research on gender and education, and particularly to the education experiences of women and girls. The book brings together a group of internationally-regarded scholars, who are doing important research on transnationalism and the social construction of gender, with particular reference to education environments such as schools and colleges. The book is therefore very much at the cutting-edge of theoretical and methodological advances in the history of education. This book was originally published as a special issue of the History of Education

Aquesta tesi vol respondre a dos preguntes fonamentals en l'àrea de recerca de la migració transnacional: s'impliquen els immigrants en el transnacionalisme polític? I, quins són els factors determinants del seu activisme polític transnacional ? Per respondre a la primera qüestió, comparo el nivell d'activisme polític transnacional d'una mostra d'associacions de diferents orígens immigrants a Barcelona. Per contestar a la segona, centro l'atenció en possibles factors determinants a dos nivells, meso i macro. La tesis demostra que l'activisme polític transnacional no està generalitzat entre totes les associacions a Barcelona, que presenta un nivell relativament baix de regularitat, i que generalment es desenvolupa al nivell nacional. També demostra que la necessitat d'examinar l'efecte del context de sortida i, més en concret, l'estructura d'oportunitats polítiques del país d'origen sobre el transnacionalisme polític de les associacions d'immigrants. Altres determinants a nivell meso, com les xarxes socials o les fonts de finançament semblen explicar la variació en l'activisme polític transnacional de les associacions d'immigrants. ; This thesis addresses two fundamental questions in the transnational migration research field: whether or not all immigrants engage in political transnationalism? And which are the main determinants of their transnational political activism? To answer the first research question, I specifically compare different degrees of transnational political engagement of various national/ethnic origin immigrant associations in Barcelona. To answer the second research question, I focus on meso- and macro- levels determinants. The thesis demonstrates that transnational political engagement is not generalised among all immigrant associations in Barcelona, presents a relatively low level of regularity, and is generally nationally based. It also demonstrates the importance of studying the effect of the exit context and, in particular, of the political opportunity structure in home country on the ...