Skip to content
Definition.com

Globalization is a phenomena whose study requires a shift from two-dimensional euclidian space with its centers and peripheries and sharp boundaries, to a multidimensional global space with unbounded, often discontinuous and interpenetrating sub-spaces.

Definition.com

The State is the guardian of borders, the arbiter of citizenship, the entity responsible for foreign politics.

Definition.com

Transnationalism is concerned with deterritorialization... namely how, production, consumption, communities, politics, and identities become detached from local places.

Definition.com

Transnationalism is, in contrast to globalization, able to call attention to the nation-state and to nationalism. Globalization is less intentional, less institutional, more abstract, and doesn't necessarily reference nations.

Definition.com

Transnationalism is perpetuated and often deepened as a result of transnational migration within the context of post-fordist global restructuring.