![]() It provides an overview of the state of the art, connecting often-disjointed strands of research. The introductory article introduces the concept of transnational living and locates it within the broader literatures on transnationalism and migration. What are the defining features of such a transnational way of life? What are critical dimensions of variation? And is this phenomenon socially and theoretically significant? These questions lie at the heart of this special issue. The counterintuitive idea of living in two countries raises a number of questions. In such cases, transnationalism does not result from migration, but provides an alternative to it. There are people who have neither migrated nor stayed but can best be described as living simultaneously in two countries. We argue that contemporary forms of living call for a second interpretation. ![]() Transnationalism grows out of ties between people who have migrated and people who remain in the country of origin. The understandings of ‘migration’ and ‘transnationalism’ have been tweaked and refined over the past three decades, but the conceived relationship between the two has remained constant. ![]() Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration ![]()
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