20141128 demogr bxl_10_ml
-
Upload
socdemofb -
Category
Presentations & Public Speaking
-
view
585 -
download
1
Transcript of 20141128 demogr bxl_10_ml
Superdiversity Superdiversity
and the and the
political political
subjectsubject
Thinking out of the box
through global
migration
Maarten LoopmansMaarten Loopmans
Social & Urban Geography Research GroupSocial & Urban Geography Research Group
Superdiversity politics
Connectivity politics: the struggle for
the city is a struggle for the world
Propinquity: the global becomes personal
Connectivity, propinquity and
solidarity outside the box
Remittances worldwide
Remittances vs FDI and development
aid in Senegal
Stuyck, K. (2010)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
2000 2001 2002 2003
Mil
joe
n d
oll
ar
Directe buitenlandse investeringen
Officiële ontwikkelingshulp
Remittances
Remittances: share of GDP
organisation
The birth of Global Politics: towards
Urban Grassroots Globalism
“Things will only change when Belgium realizes
that no country is an island, that there are
consequences for actions and that yes, the
world has moved on. ” (C. Unigwe, 2014)