Transnationalism And Ecuadorean (Trans)Migration To The United States And Spain
Transnationalism And Ecuadorean (Trans)Migration To The United States And Spain

Author(s): María-José Rivera
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Transnationalism; Ecuadorean; migration; United States; Spain;
Summary/Abstract: This paper offers a comparative study from the Transnational Approach by means of an analysis of migration of Ecuadoreans to the USA and Spain. The methodology is based on Descriptive Comparative Politics, whose indicators, for this study, were migration flows, GDP growth rates, and political landmarks. Ecuadorean migration to the USA is characterised by a consistent economic transnationalism and an inconsistent socio-political transnationalism. As regards Ecuador-Spain migration, there is an inconsistent economic transnationalism and a consistent transnationalism for the socio-political dimension. The overall results evince the relevance of economic dimensions and that migrants’ agency must deal with South-North asymmetries.

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