Town twinning, transnational connections and trans-local citizenship practices in Europe
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Andreas Langenohl.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
SERIES
Series Title
Europe in a global context.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: local transnationalism in a "Europe for citizens" --;European visions: on the political historiography of town twinning --;Small-town transnationals: the (trans- )locality of town twinning --;Making towns meet: the social logics of (trans- )local encounters --;Trans-local friendships: the microstructures of twinning sociability --;Organizing (civic) culture: the making of Europeans --;(Trans- )local economies: imaginary understandings of Europe --;Aesthetic and cultural idioms of difference in town twinning --;Conclusion: town twinning and the ethics of exchange.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Many Europeans think that town twinning has greatly contributed to integration in Europe after the Second World War. This book, based on observations and interviews with twinning practitioners in small towns, reveals the social and cultural processes that inform twinning as a transnational practice, its perspectives and its limits.