The transnationality of Belgian East-West and North-South movements in the 1980s. KU Leuven
The rise of transnational identity is subject to academic debate. Public opinion considers Europeanization and globalization as new phenomena and explains their development by abrupt factors after 1989, such as the opening of borders, the increase of migration and the communication revolution (internet). However, many scholars state that such transnational contacts and identity formation existed already before the end of the Cold War, referring ...