DTS201H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-26: Nuclear Material, Varg Vikernes, Transnationalism
26 Sep 2017
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Widespread interest in economic, social and political linkages between people, places and institutions crossing nation-state borders and spanning the world. Triadic relationship between: globally dispersed yet collectively self-identified ethnic groups, the territorial states and contexts where such groups reside, the homeland states and contexts whence they or their forebears came. Cross border activities require transnational measures to defend: trafficking in drugs, weapons, nuclear material. I(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess of de-centered attachments: home away from home. Maintain several identities that link them to more than one nation. Awareness of multi-locality stimulates the desire to connect oneself with others who share the same roots. Flow of culture through media and communications. Expansion of satellite -> offer a variety of multicultural channels. Transnational corporations as major institutional form of transnational practices. Transnational corporations represent globe-spanning structure or networks that have broke off from their origins. Their syste(cid:373)s create paths for (cid:373)uch of the (cid:449)orld"s tra(cid:374)s(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al acti(cid:448)ities flo(cid:449)
