ABSTRACT
Chapter 9 is a theoretical conceptualisation of the empirical data presented in Chapters 6, 7, and 8. In the first section, the chapter builds on social movement theory and political opportunity structure literature to develop an analytical framework to compare diaspora politics. It is argued that, in addition to the political opportunity structure of both the country of origin and the receiving country, other factors are equally decisive for transnational political contention, such as the role of migration trajectories, personal networks, social class, and gender. In the second section, the question is raised of whether the kind of transnational political practices described in this book might lead to the emergence of transnational social movements and which role social media plays in this context. The section concludes by reflecting on Facebook as three types of space: a decentralised media space, a (semi-)public space, and a social space where virtual and physical communities are constituted.
