Table of Contents

Introduction: Deciphering the Global Saskia Sassen Part 1: Microspaces in Global Scalings. Postindustrial Bohemia: Culture, Neighborhood, and the Global Economy Richard Lloyd. Translocal Civilities: Chinese Modern Dance at Downtown Los Angeles Public Concerts Marina Peterson. Re-Imagining Old Havana: World Heritage and the Production of Scale in Late Socialist Cuba Matthew J. Hill. Becoming Global?: Evangelism and Transnational Practices in Russian Society Sarah Busse Spencer. Deciphering the Local in a Global Neoliberal Age: Three Favelas in São Paulo, Brazil Simone Buechler Part 2: Translocal Circuits and their Mobilities. Locating Transnational Activists: Solidarity with and beyond Propinquity Evalyn W. Tennant. Deciphering the Space and Scale of Global Nomadism: Subjectivity and Counterculture in a Global Age Anthony D’Andrea. Outsourcing Difference: Expatriate Training and the Disciplining of Culture Heather Hindman. Producing Global Economy from Below: Chinese Immigrant Transnational Entrepreneurship in Japan Gracia Liu Farrer. The Sub-national Constitution of Global Financial Markets Rachel Harvey Part 3: Shifting Spaces and Subjects of the Political. The City and the Self: The Emergence of New Political Subjects in London Anne Bartlett. Ghetto Cosmopolitanism: Making Theory at the Margins Rami Nashashibi. Deregulating Markets, Reregulating Crime: Extralegal Policing & the Penal State in Mexico Jennifer L. Johnson. The Transnational Human Rights Movement and States of Emergency in Israel/Palestine Josh Kaplan. Illegal Immigrants as Citizens in Malaysia Kamal Sadiq. Global-National Interactions and Sovereign Debt Restructuring Outcomes Giselle Datz