JMCE Annual Conference 2011

 
Over the last three decades, the expansion of transnational diasporas and the rapid growth of transport and telecommunications system have intensified links between the urban spaces of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Increasing global mobility has fostered the development of 'informal’ trading networks in which diasporas communities play a central role. As a consequence, the shadow economies of societies with vastly different levels of prosperity have begun to come into contact with one another. While the economic consequences of diasporas trading networks have been extensively explored over the past few decades, the cultural and political impact of the globalization of the economic underground has received much less attention.

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In 2010 the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Law and Governance held their first Annual Conference titled 'Insiders and Outsiders: Globalisation, Citizenship and the Future of Europe'.
 
You can find more information on this conference here.