The transnational state and migration: Reach, flows and Policies

For long, state building has been addressed as the expression of an exclusive power over a portion space and population. In recent years, scholarship moved away from such conception by regarding assemblage multi-scalar public private actors, beneath beyond its territorial borders. This paper adds to this conversation focusing on way states transform they engage with migration-induced transnational flows. defines migration set policies, concepts institutions designed make most “profitable” migration-related flows (of people, money, ideas, etc.) while filtering out unwanted ones. Next national-level administrations in charge management human, financial immaterial flows, seek extend their reach rescaling engagement relying range civil society including local authorities. is theoretical contribution debate reconfiguration world globalised migration. It distinguishes conceptualises two types states: emigration immigration tackling incoming outgoing respectively.