Transnationalism : : diasporas and the advent of a new (dis)order / / edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg ; with Judit Bokser Liwerant and Yosef Gorny.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ben Rafael, Eliezer.; Sternberg, Yitzak.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: International Comparative Social Studies 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (800 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Materials /; Introduction Debating Transnationalism /; Chapter One. New Transnational Communities And Networks: Globalization Changes In Civilizational Frameworks /; Chapter Two. Deconstructing And Reconstructing “Diaspora”: A Study In Socio-Historical Semantics /; Chapter Three. The Diaspora And The Homeland: Reciprocities, Transformations, And Role Reversals /; Chapter Four. Contemporary Immigration In Comparative Perspective /; Chapter Five. Solid, Ductile And Liquid: Changing Notions Of Homeland And Home In Diaspora Studies /; Chapter Six. The Misfortunes Of Integration /; Chapter Seven. Value-Orientations In Catholic, Muslim And Protestant Societies /; Chapter Eight. Rethinking History From Transnational Perspectives /; Chapter Nine. Across Space And Time: Identity And Transnational Diasporas /; Chapter Ten. The Transglobal Network Nation: Diaspora, Homeland, And Hostland /; Chapter Eleven. International Migration Of Jews /; Chapter Twelve. Is The Jewish Transnational Diaspora Still Unique? /; Chapter Thirteen. American Jewry’s ‘Social Zion’: Changes Through Time /; Chapter Fourteen. The New Russian-Jewish Diaspora In Israel And In The West: Between Integration And Transnationalism /; Appendix The. Russian Language In Israel /; Chapter Fifteen. Russian-Speaking Jews And Germany’s Local Jewry /; Chapter Sixteen. Israeli And American Jews: Kinsmen Apart /; Chapter Seventeen. By The Israeli Jewish Diaspora In The United States: Socio-Cultural Mobility And Attachment To Homeland /; Chapter Eighteen. “Majority Societies” In Jewish Diasporas: Latin American Experiences /; Chapter Nineteen. Latin American Jews: A Transnational Diaspora /; Chapter Twenty. A Reexamination Of The Main Theoretical Approaches To The Study Of Diasporas And Their Applicability To The Jewish Diaspora /; Chapter Twenty-One. The Linguistic Landscape Of Transnationalism: The Divided Heart Of Europe /; Chapter Twenty-Two. Muslim Transnationalism And Diaspora In Europe: Migrant Experience And Theoretical Reflection /; Appendix Jews. And Muslims In Contemporary France /; Chapter Twenty-Three. Roman Catholicism And The Challenge Of Globalization /; Chapter Twenty-Four. Accidental Diasporas And External “Homelands” In Central And Eastern Europe: Past And Present /; Chapter Twenty-Five. Marginality Reconstructed: Sub-National And Transnational Identities In The Wake Of International Migration And Tourism /; Chapter Twenty-Six. Civil Society In The United States: From Pluralism To Multiculturalism And Fragmentation Into Diasporas /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [699]-753) and index.
• ISBN: 1282603167; 9786612603167; 9047440110
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg ; with Judit Bokser Liwerant and Yosef Gorny.

This book deals with transnationalism and captures its singularity as a generalized phenomenon. The profusion of transnational communities is a factor of fluidity in social orders and represents confrontations between contingencies and basic socio-cultural drives. It has created a new era different from the past at essential respects. This is an age of enriching cultural diversity fraught with threatening risks inextricably linked to contemporary globalization. National sovereignty is eroded from above by global processes, from below by aspirations of sub-national groups, and from the sides - by transnational allegiances. This is the backdrop against which this book delves into the fundamental issues relating to the nature, scope and overall significance of transnationalism.