Transnational publics: New spaces of social movement activism and the problem of global long-sightedness.

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The concept of transnational publics as a way of overcoming problems of global long-sightedness and stimulating sociological research able to operate on various spatial levels is proposed. To overcome the global long-sightedness, a discussion is based on a plurality of transnational publics rather than a single global civil society.

United States, Economic aspects, Transnationalism

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'Ethnicity is everywhereE: on globalization and the transformation of cultural identity

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The reconfigurations of national space with constructions of cultural identities are analyzed, which depends on strategies of ethnicization. A lucid carnival culture of the grotesque has emerged that has fostered a migration of subjectivity from political economy and concerns with social to lifestyles.

Ethnicity, Cultural identity

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Knowledge between globalization and localization: the dynamics of female spaces in Ghana

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Knowledge-generation processes leading to social change are examined as the sources of dynamics within globalization. This is done through an examination of women in Ghana who have organized themselves at all levels framing an epistemic culture

Ghana, Women, Surveys, Comparative analysis

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