Transnationality is the principle of acting at a
geographical
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scale larger than that of states, so as to take into account the interests of a
supranational entity.
Transnational policies or programmes are not simply aggregations of national policies or programmes, but seek to submerge these within a greater whole. According to
Aihwa Ong, the term differs from that of
transnationalism
Transnationalism is a research field and social phenomenon grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between people and the receding economic and social significance of boundaries among nation states.
Overview
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, as transnationalism refers "to the cultural specificities of global processes, tracing the multiplicity of the uses and conceptions of 'culture'" whereas transnationality is "the condition of cultural interconnectedness and mobility across space".
Transnationality is practised by organisations such as the
United Nations
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and the
European Union
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. The EU's principle of
subsidiarity
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holds that actions should be carried out at the lowest feasible governmental level, and therefore much scope is left to individual Member States. The EU institutions thus concern themselves principally with transnational policies and actions.
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Transnationalism
Transnationalism is a research field and social phenomenon grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between people and the receding economic and social significance of boundaries among nation states.
Overview
The term "trans-national" was ...
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Pan-nationalism
Pan-nationalism () in the social sciences includes forms of nationalism that aim to transcend (overcome, expand) traditional boundaries of basic or historical national identities in order to create a "higher" pan-national (all-inclusive) identit ...
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Plurinationalism
Plurinationality, plurinational, or plurinationalism is defined as the coexistence of two or more sealed or preserved national groups within a polity (an organized community or body of peoples). In plurinationalism, the idea of nationality is plura ...
References
Further reading
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External links
EQUAL Guide on transnational co-operation (2004-2008)European Social Fund page on transnationality
Transnationalism
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