ABSTRACT
The starting point for our view on social transnationalism was the assumption that the spatial fixation of lifeworlds has weakened and that individual social networks are expanding. This development is closely linked to general syndromes of individualization, and increasingly enables individuals to overcome the limitations of origin and immobility. More opportunities for transnational network building consequently emerge, and the conditions for global connectivity are established. Though individualization theory has demonstrated that individuals have become less likely to let their social relationships be limited by social and territorial restrictions, little has been done to clarify the question of how these new network structures now look.
