Part 1: Introduction: Transnationalism, Migrant Transnationalism and Transformation 1.Takes on Transnationalism 2. Migrant Transnationalism 3. What is Transformation? Part 2: Transnational Social Formations 4. Cross-fertilizing Transnationalisms 5. Some Cross-cutting Concepts 6. Some Transnational Social Formations Part 3: Socio-cultural Transformations 7. Cheap Calls: the Social Glue of Migrant Transnationalism 8. Dimensions of Everyday Transnationalism 9. Transnationalism and Integration Part 4: Political Transformations 10. Identities-Borders-Orders 11. Dual Citizenship/Nationality 12. Homeland Politics Part 5: Economic Transformations 13. Trade and Entrepreneurship 14. Remittances 15. Circular Migration Part 6: Religious Transformations 16. Meanings of Diaspora 17. Religion, Migration and Minority Status 18. Religion and Diaspora 19. Religion and Transnationalism Part 7: Conclusion: Interconnected Migrants in an Interconnected World
Biography
Steven Vertovec is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Gottingen, Germany. He is co-editor of the journal Global Networks and editor of the Routledge book series 'Transnationalism'.
Transnationalism belongs to a Routledge series called Key Ideas, which intends to provide critically written books dealing with a variety of topics that are central in the realm of social science. And indeed, Vertovec is successful in communicating to his audience in a lively manner the key ideas surrounding the concept of transnationalism.
Vertovec, Suomen Antropologi
