The Making of World Society

Do the current changes of both geographical and symbolic boundaries lead to the emergence of a world society? How do transnational migration, communication and worldwide economic and political networks manifest themselves in globalised modernity? This book presents innovative contributions to transnationalisation research and world society theory based on empirical studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Practicable methodologies complete theoretical inquiries and provide examples of applied research, which also might be used in teaching.

Remus Gabriel Anghel (MA) is a PhD student at the faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld. Currently he is employed at the Romanian Institute for Minority Studies, Cluj. His research interests are migration and transnationalism. Eva Gerharz (Dr. phil.) teaches social anthropology and development sociology at the Transnationalisation and Development Research Centre, University of Bielefeld. Her fields of research include globalization, transnationalisation, ethnicity, and development. Gilberto Rescher (Dipl.-Soz.) is a doctoral student at the International Graduate School in Sociology, University of Bielefeld. His research interests include (local) political processes, development, transnationality, gender and ethnicity. Monika Salzbrunn (Dr. rer. soc./Docteur en Anthropologie) teaches Ethnology and Sociology at the EHESS Paris and is co-speaker of the section »Migration« at the French Association for Sociology. Her main research areas are festive events, urban studies, transnational religious networks and gender issues.