Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 331 g
Reihe: Europe in a Global Context
Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 331 g
Reihe: Europe in a Global Context
ISBN: 978-1-349-43765-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK
Many Europeans think that town twinning has greatly contributed to integration in Europe after the Second World War. This book, based on observations and interviews with twinning practitioners in small towns, reveals the social and cultural processes that inform twinning as a transnational practice, its perspectives and its limits.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
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1. Introduction: Local Transnationalism in a 'Europe for Citizens' 2. European Visions: On the Political Historiography of Town Twinning 3. Small-town Transnationals: The (Trans-)locality of Town Twinning 4. Making Towns Meet: The Social Logics of (Trans-)local Encounters 5. Trans-local Friendships: The Microstructures of Twinning Sociability 6. Organizing (Civic) Culture: The Making of Europeans 7. (Trans-)local Economies: Imaginary Understandings of Europe 8. Aesthetic and Cultural Idioms of Difference in Town Twinning 9. Conclusion: Town Twinning and the Ethics of Exchange