Abstract

HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ, Claudia Milena. The current status of the issue of political transnationalism of Colombian migrants. Rev. colomb. soc. [online]. 2020, vol.43, n.1, pp.151-169.  Epub Apr 16, 2020. ISSN 0120-159X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcs.v43n1.78616.

The study of the transnational political practices of migrants has featured different levels of participation in the broad field of international migrations, and it is a relatively recent concern in Europe and Latin America, where it is less developed than in the United States. Consequently, there are few works that address the transnationalism of Colombians, a fact that contrasts with the number of research studies that address forced displacement and Colombian migration.

The works that stand out in the United States are comparative studies of immigrant groups, using quantitative methodologies and social networks as an analytical approach. In Europe, on the other hand, those that stand out are study of specific cases, articulating the theory of collective action and that of push-pull factors and using qualitative methodologies. In all cases, the issue that has received the most attention in general is that of homeland politics, or the political practices of Colombians in their context of origin.

Political transnationalism is a relatively new field of study, whose importance deserves to be highlighted since it deals with the political aspect of migration, in this case of Colombians, not merely as a cause -since there is abundant research in that respect-, but as a political practice of participation of the migrants in other geographies.

In this order of ideas, the objective of this research is not to develop a theory of international migrations, but to describe the different perspectives from which the political transnationalism of Colombians has been addressed. To that effect, I based my work on the hermeneutic historical paradigm, which allowed me to comprehensively track that social phenomenon in the state of the art. This paradigm is understood as research of research, insofar as it seeks to provide an overview of the existing repertoire of research regarding a particular topic, in order to lay the ground for new reflections, questions, and approaches on the matter.

Descriptors: armed conflict, cultural organization, international migration, political participation.

Keywords : Colombians; migration; political participation; political transnationalism; social organizations; state of the art.

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