ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines a series of approaches and topics that exist across disciplines and area studies dealing with transregional phenomena as well as promoting a transregional perspective. It addresses the roots of transregional studies in the long history of dealing with other parts of the world and the methodological challenge that arises with a shift from traditional area to transregional studies. The book then discusses in greater detail how post-colonialism impacts transregional studies. It also details the economic entanglements and the political reactions to transregional ties within international organizations. The book focuses on migration and the people crossing the borders of various regions as well as diasporas living transregionally, with religions and cultures being addressed as transregional phenomena. It focuses on wide range of topics that are challenged by transregional mobilities, from developmental studies to global health, and from conflict studies to education.
