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Description

1. viii, 249 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

1. In 2010 the Council of European Regions and Municipalities established the number of European town twinning relationships as 39,816. The European Commission has defined town twinning as one of the main pillars on which a 'Europe for Citizens' can be achieved and European identity be fostered. Yet what does twinning entail for those engaged in it on a local level? How does transnationalism enter local settings? Andreas Langenohl argues that the transnationalism of town twinning in Europe rests on practices of localization assembled around an ethics of exchange, encompassing codes of hospitality, notions of friendship, and reciprocity in giving and receiving. Based on ethnographic observations and interviews with twinning practitioners, the book argues that the kind of European integration achieved through town twinning resembles a model of European integration that establishes 'exchange' and 'market' as a generalized model of cooperation.

Series statement

1. Europe in a global context

Uniform title

1. Europe in a global context.

Subject

1. Cities and towns > Europe
2. Sister cities
3. Urban policy > Europe
4. Community development > Europe
5. Transnationalism
6. Nationalism > Europe
7. Regional planning > Europe
8. Cities and towns
9. Community development
10. Nationalism
11. Regional planning
12. Sister cities
13. Transnationalism
14. Urban policy
15. Globalization > Europe
16. Human geography > Europe
17. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Regional Planning
18. Society
19. Urban communities > Europe
20. Europe

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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