Immigrants and Transnational Citizenship

Fernando Aquino — 2017-02-14T18:52:52Z

In spite of the loud fear-mongering about immigration and borders in the US and Europe, sociologists have found that immigrants' civic organizing in their host countries makes them increasingly important actors in changing their home countries' economy, politics, and culture. Fernando Aquino reviews an important collection of research edited by Alejandro Portes and Patricia Fernández-Kelly.
In 1992, as a new reporter for Listin USA, a branch of Listin Diario, a major Dominican daily, I was in

- Reviews / immigration, state, migration, citizenship, diaspora, civic organizing, transnationalism, remittances

Immigrant Growth Machines: Metropolitan Reinvention in Los Angeles

Melody Chiong & Jan Lin — 2016-02-09T06:00:00Z

Building on Logan and Molotch's highly influential concept of the urban “growth machine,” Jan Lin and Melody Chiong propose the idea of the “immigrant growth machine” to describe the variegated forms of investment and development in Los Angeles. Fueled by transnational capital flows and tourism, these new conglomerations reveal the role of immigration and foreign investment in the growth of today's metropolis.
Korean and Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs, investors and political leaders are

- Essays / urban development, Los Angeles, growth machine, diaspora, Chinese diaspora, Korean Diaspora, Chinatown, Koreatown, smart growth

Metropolitics

Immigrants and Transnational Citizenship

Immigrant Growth Machines: Metropolitan Reinvention in Los Angeles