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Migrations and Transnationalism: Distinctions, Types and Empirical Findings

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Globalization, Supranational Dynamics and Local Experiences

Part of the book series: Europe in a Global Context ((EGC))

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Migrations are a crucial aspect of the globalization of current societies, as the Introduction to this book (Chap. 1) has highlighted. They can be defined as a form of “globalization from below”, carried out by common people in opposition to financial or economic globalization fostered by powerful vested interests and elitist actors. At the same time, migrations jeopardize both nationalist border enforcement projects and the construction of homogeneous national societies, in which population, citizenship and belonging coincide.

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Ambrosini, M. (2018). Migrations and Transnationalism: Distinctions, Types and Empirical Findings. In: Caselli, M., Gilardoni, G. (eds) Globalization, Supranational Dynamics and Local Experiences . Europe in a Global Context. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64075-4_3

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