Transnationalism from Within: The Rise of Transnational Nations and Internal Transnationalization.

This article explores an alternative form of transnationalism initiated and promoted by states, transnationalism from within, seeking to redress the tendency to counterpose transnationalism to the state in much of the transnationalism literature. First, this article critically reviews both state-centrists' arguments and transnationalists' claims by bringing to the fore the transformation of states. Second, it proposes the concept of the transnational nation (TNN) to describe states whose governments serve as active agents and mediators of transnational movements and whose societies experience internal transnationalization. Finally, the major characteristics of transnational nations are identified through a case study of Korea. Focusing on the relation of the state to transnational dynamics, this study illustrates various ways that state generates and sustains the transnational flows. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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