Globalization, Supranational Dynamics and Local Experiences

1. Introduction: Globalization between Theories and Daily Life Experiences
Marco Caselli, Guia Gilardoni

Part I. Reflections on Transnationalism and Cosmopolitanism

2. Debating Cosmopolitanism: A New Appraisal of Globalization
Vincenzo Cicchelli, Sylvie Octobre

3. Migrations and Transnationalism: Distinctions, Types and Empirical Findings
Maurizio Ambrosini

4. European Demos, Citizenship and Migrants in a Globalized World: Some Critical Reflections from a Habermasian Perspective
Spiros Makris

5. Ulrich Beck’s Cosmopolitanism for Social Sciences Re-visited: Overcoming Dualisms Towards Pragmatic Ends?
Sirkka Komulainen

6. Double Boundary and Cosmopolitan Experience in Europe
Pierluca Birindelli

7. The Relationship between Globality and Stateness: Some Sociological Reflections
Andrea Borghini

Part II. Global Processes, Glocal Experiences and Local Answers

8. “I’m a Citizen of the World”: Cosmopolitanism and Identity Work in the Telling of Migration Stories
Peter Holley

9. Negotiating Difference and Cohabitation: Global Refugees in a German Village
Anne Sophie Krossa

10. Temporal Apartheid as the Italian Response to Global Migration
Stefania Tusini

11. The Local Effects of International Migration in Sicily: The Case Study of the Cara of Mineo
Antonella Elisa Castronovo

12. Different Investment Strategies Versus a Unique Co-development Discourse: A Case Study of Tunisian and Senegalese Migrants in France
Giulia Breda, Abdourahmane Mangane

13. Getting Adapted? A Comparative Study of Qualified Turkish Return Migrants from Germany and the USA
Meltem Yilmaz Şener, Seçil Paçacı Elitok

14. Do You Trust Me? Begging as Transnational Emotional Work for Migrant Roma
Oana Marcu

15. Taranto in Memories: The Industrial Experience and the Future of a Southern City
Marta Vignola

16. Social Capital as a Resource in Migration Processes
Cristina Natili, Fiorenza Misale

17. Exploring the Living Conditions of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Italy: A Grounded Theory Approach
Lavinia Bianchi

Keywords: Social Sciences, Migration, Human Geography, Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, Globalization