International Migration Review· 2026Q1
Fragile Transnationalism: Rethinking Migrant Transnationalism for a Post-Neoliberal World
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Migrant transnationalism is becoming 'fragile' due to the fragmentation of global order, resurgent nationalism, and climate change, leading to a reassertion of nation-state control over migration.
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Key points
- Migrant transnationalism is being reconfigured by post-neoliberal globalization, characterized by polycrises.
- Resurgent authoritarian nationalism and climate change are reasserting nation-state control over migration.
- Transnational migration infrastructure is becoming weak and fragmented, impacting migrant experiences.
- The concept of 'fragile transnationalism' offers a new lens to understand these shifts.
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Abstract
In this article, we develop the concept of fragile transnationalism to conceptualize the re-infrastructuring of migrant transnationalism under conditions of post-neoliberal globalization. Since the 2008 Great Recession, the world has witnessed the demise of neoliberal globalization, amid an ongoing political, socioeconomic, and environmental polycrisis, and the consequent emergence of a post-neoliberal world order. We argue that the attendant fragmentation of global political order, the resurgence of authoritarian nationalism worldwide, and the societal implications of climate change and emergencies have reconfigured the basic conditions for migrant transnationalism. Our analysis points to a far-reaching reassertion of the nation-state in migration governance. In response, we retheorize migration infrastructure as a conceptual lens for analyzing migrant transnationalism. We reveal how an assemblage of weak infrastructures, particularly the fragility within and between its constituent components, has reshaped the logic, practice, and experiences of transnational migration and lives.
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