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The Transnational Social Question: an Update (2021)
[working paper]
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Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD)
Abstract The point of departure for a discussion of the transnational social question isa growing awareness of cross-border interdependence along crucial issues of social inequalitiesand theirimplications not only for the global Southbut beyond. The contention around inequalities ... view more
The point of departure for a discussion of the transnational social question isa growing awareness of cross-border interdependence along crucial issues of social inequalitiesand theirimplications not only for the global Southbut beyond. The contention around inequalities refersto international conventions declaring social rights, actually existing social standards, and moral convictions. Surveyingthe normativeand political-sociological theories capable ofcapturingthe new transnational questionyields insights into the framing of social inequalities. Such an analysis must also include a new aspectof the social question - climate and environmental destruction - in what could be called the socio-ecological question. This reviewraises the question whether concepts such as social rights and citizenship are adequate to describe contemporary social inequalitiesandthe ways in which thesecan be addressed.... view less
Keywords
transnationality; social issue; social inequality; social rights; citizenship; socioecological factors; climate change; environmental impact
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
21 p.
Series
COMCAD Working Papers, 175
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications