The Making of World Society: Perspectives from Transnational Research

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2008

The Making of World Society

Perspectives from Transnational Research

Edited by: Remus Gabriel Anghel , Eva Gerharz , Gilberto Rescher and Monika Salzbrunn

In the series Global Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839408353

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About this book

Do the current changes of both geographical and symbolic boundaries lead to the emergence of a world society? How do transnational migration, communication and worldwide economic and political networks manifest themselves in globalised modernity?
This book presents innovative contributions to transnationalisation research and world society theory based on empirical studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Practicable methodologies complete theoretical inquiries and provide examples of applied research, which also might be used in teaching.

Author / Editor information

Remus Gabriel Anghel (MA) is a PhD student at the faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld. Currently he is employed at the Romanian Institute for Minority Studies, Cluj. His research interests are migration and transnationalism.
Eva Gerharz (Dr. phil.) teaches social anthropology and development sociology at the Transnationalisation and Development Research Centre, University of Bielefeld. Her fields of research include globalization, transnationalisation, ethnicity, and development.
Gilberto Rescher (Dr. phil.) is sociologist and coordinator of the Latin American Studies program at the University of Hamburg and has been teaching at the Ruhr-University Bochum and the University of Bielefeld. His research interests include local politics, development, migration, transnationality/translocality, indigenous/ethnic groups, gender and qualitative methodology and he did intensive ethnographic research in Mexico, Nicaragua and the Philippines.
Monika Salzbrunn (Prof. Dr. rer. soc./Docteure en anthropologie sociale et ethnologie) is professor of religion, migration, diaspora at the University of Lausanne and director of the Institut de Sciences Sociales des Religions Contemporaines (ISSRC).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Remus Gabriel Anghel, Eva Gerharz, Gilberto Rescher and Monika Salzbrunn Open Access Download PDF	9
Introduction: The Making Of World Society Remus Anghel, Eva Gerharz, Gilberto Rescher and Monika Salzbrunn Open Access Download PDF	11
Transnationality: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges
Transnationalisation in North and South: Concepts, Methodology and Venues for Research Thomas Faist Open Access Download PDF	25
Transnationalisation, Translocal Spaces, Gender and Development - Methodological Challenges Gudrun Lachenmann Open Access Download PDF	51
World Society, Transnationalism and Champs Migratoires: Reflections on German, Anglo-Saxon and French Academic Debates Monika Salzbrunn Open Access Download PDF	75
Transnational ism, Political Participation and New Forms of Belonging
Euro-Aievis: From Gastarbeiter to Transnational Community Besim Can Zirh Open Access Download PDF	103
Identity Politics as an Expression of European Citizenship Practice: Participation of Transnational Migrants in Local Political Conflicts Michael Janoschka Open Access Download PDF	133
Mothering in Migration: Transnational Strategies of Polish Women in Italy Germana D'ottavio Open Access Download PDF	153
Transnationalism and Development
Opening to the World: Translocal Post-War Reconstruction in Northern Sri Lanka Eva Gerharz Open Access Download PDF	173
Transnationality, Translocal Citizenship and Gender Relations: Transformation of Rural Community Organisation, Local Politics and Development Gilberto Rescher Open Access Download PDF	195
Networks, Hubs, Localities
A Global City-State of Finance - the Staging of Singapore as Financial Hub between Global and Local Rhetoric Stephanie Hering Open Access Download PDF	221
The Transnational Management of Hazardous Chemicals Alexandra Lindenthal Open Access Download PDF	237
IT Usage and Transnational Identity Formations
'Do you really talk about emotions on the phone .. ?': Content of Distance Communication as a Structuring Moment of the Modern World Society Magdalena Nowicka Open Access Download PDF	253
Does lt Matter Where You Are?- Transnational Migration, Internet Usage and the Emergence of Global Togetherness Heike Monika Gkeschke Open Access Download PDF	275
The lndernet -A German Network in a Transnational Space Urmila Goel Open Access Download PDF	291
Are We All Transnationalists Now? Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka Open Access Download PDF	311
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	325
Backmatter Open Access Download PDF	330

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 332
Keywords: Globalization; Migration; World Society; Networks; Sociological Theory; Sociology

eBook

Published: September 27, 2015
ISBN: 9783839408353