Mapping the transnational world : how we move and communicate across borders, and why it matters / Emanuel Deutschmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deutschmann, Emanuel, author.

Series:

Princeton studies in global and comparative sociology.

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton studies in global and comparative sociology

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social interaction.

Travel.

Globalization.

Regionalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource 271 p..)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Increasingly, people travel and communicate across borders. Yet, we still know little about the overall structure of this transnational world. Is it really a fully globalized world in which everything is linked, as popular catchphrases like 'global village' suggest? Through a sweeping comparative analysis of eight types of mobility and communication among countries worldwide - from migration and tourism to Facebook friendships and phone calls - 'Mapping the Transnational World' demonstrates that our behaviour is actually regionalized, not globalized. Emanuel Deutschmann shows that transnational activity within world regions is not so much the outcome of political, cultural, or economic factors, but is driven primarily by geographic distance.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

1. Entering the Transnational World

Scope and Main Argument

Bringing the Regional Scale In

Outline of the Book

What May Be Gained?

2. Four Paths toward a Comparative Sociology of Regional Integration

Coming from Below: The Burst of the National Container

Transnationalism-a Local Phenomenon?

Transnationalism-a Global Phenomenon?

The Missing Closure Dimension of "Transnational"

Coming from Above: The Granfalloon of World Society

Wallerstein's World-System

Meyer's World Polity

Luhmann's World Society

Inside a Granfalloon: Uncovering the Internal Structure of World Society

Coming from Europe: The Particularism of "Europeanization"

Europe-Concept or Case?

"Europeanization" as "Regionalization in Europe"

Toward a Comparative-Universalist Alternative

Learning from the Limitations of the Sociology of Europe

Coming from Politics: The Beacon of Comparative Regionalism

Early Comparative Approaches to Regionalism in Political Science

The Latest Wave of Comparative Regionalism in Political Science

Is There Really No Sociological Equivalent?

The Missing Fourth Leg of the Elephant

3. The Regionalized Structure of Transnational Human Activity, 1960-2010

An Increasingly Interconnected World?

The Transnational World as a Square

Comparing Regionalism across Time, Regions, and Activity Types

Absolute Regionalization

Absolute Globalization

Relative Regionalization

Relative Globalization

Results for Alternative Constellations of Regions

Letting the Algorithm Speak

Summary and Discussion

Color Plates

4. Why Does Regionalism Occur in Transnational Human Activity?

Culture, Politics, Economics, or Geography

Cultural and Historical Factors

Economic and Technological Factors

Political and Legal Factors

Geographic and Control Factors

Toward a Comprehensive Explanatory Model

Why Regionalism Occurs in Transnational Human Activity

Differences between Activity Types

Differences between World Regions

5. The Spatial Structure of Transnational Human Activity

Sharks, Lévy Flights, and Power-Laws

Death of Distance? Distance Decay?

A Comparative Theory of Transnational Human Activity's Spatial Structure

The Current Spatial Structure of Transnational Human Activity

Developments Over Time

Comparing Motion Patterns across Species and Scales

One-Dimensional Analysis: The Ostensible Mean-Clustering

Two-Dimensional Analysis: The Meta-Power-Law of Mobility

6. Lessons: Mobilization, Not Globalization

Implications

A Specification of the Meaning of "Transnational"

The Limited Influence of the Economic World-System's Core-Periphery Structure

The Persistence of Segmentary Differentiation in World Society

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).

ISBN:

0-691-22650-4

OCLC:

1273979401