Elementos para una aproximación teórica al exilio.

This paper develops some elements that could make a contribution to a sociological theory about exile. This issue is usually discussed in the news, but has not yet retained enough attention from scholars. The paper considers, from a dynamic perspective, three dimensions that can be articulated in the study of the exile. 1) The conditions that push exiles to flight their country of residence and that allow their presence in another society. 2) The ways these actors, as groups and individuals, experience their double condition of exiles with respect to their home country and of refugees (more or less recognized) vis-a-vis the host country, and deal with it. 3) The transformation of the ways of dealing with this condition through time under the influence of changes that can take place in the home country as well as in the host country. This perspective challenges the traditional view of migratory processes as related mainly to situations taking place in the residence country. It underlines the idea that migration processes started in the home country and are continuously related to this country. In other words, the paper stresses the importance of studying this process in its transnational dimension.