Transnational Communities: Shaping Global Economic Governance

Cambridge University Press, 6/7/2012
EAN 9781107406162, ISBN10: 1107406161

Paperback, 446 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 2.6 cm
Language: English

Transnational communities are social groups that emerge from mutual interaction across national boundaries, oriented around a common project or 'imagined' identity. This common project or identity is constructed and sustained through the active engagement and involvement of at least some of its members. Such communities can overlap in different ways with formal organizations but, in principle, they do not need formal organization to be sustained. This book explores the role of transnational communities in relation to the governance of business and economic activity. It does so by focusing on a wide range of empirical terrains, including discussions of the Laleli market in Istanbul, the institutionalization of private equity in Japan, the transnational movement for open content licenses, and the mobilization around environmental certification. These studies show that transnational communities can align the cognitive and normative orientations of their members over time and thereby influence emergent transnational governance arrangements.

List of figures
List of tables
List of appendices
List of contributors
Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. Transnational communities and governance Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack
2. Global structures
markets, organizations, networks - and communities? Renate Mayntz
Part II. Classical Communities with a Transnational Extension
3. The multiple layers of a transnational 'imagined community'
the notion and reality of the ethnic Chinese business community Heidi Dahles
4. From cross-border exchange networks to transnational trading practices? The case of shuttle traders in Laleli, Istanbul Mine Eder and Özlem Öz
Part III. Professional Communities with a Transnational Extension
5. Transnational boards and governance regimes
a Franco-British comparison Charles Harvey and Mairi Maclean
6. Private equity in Japan
global financial markets and transnational communities Glenn Morgan and Izumi Kubo
7. Formal organizing and transnational communities
evidence from global finance governance associations, 1879–2006 Asma A. Hussain and Marc J. Ventresca
8. Promoting transnational professionalism
forays of the 'Big Firm' accounting community into France Carlos Ramirez
Part IV. Virtual Communities
9. Gift-giving, transnational communities, and skill building in developing countries
the case of free/open source software Anca Metiu
10. Epistemic communities and social movements
transnational dynamics in the case of Creative Commons Leonhard Dobusch and Sigrid Quack
Part V. Transnational Interest or Issue-Based Communities
11. The transnational temperance community Mark Lawrence Schrad
12. Industrial democracy in the European Community
trade unions as a defensive transnational community, 1968–88 Thomas Fetzer
13. The making of a comprehensive transnational discourse community Dieter Plehwe
14. Global warming, transnational communities and economic entrepreneurship
the case of carbon capture and storage (CCS) Ã…ge Mariussen
15. Communities of practice as cause and consequence of transnational governance
the evolution of social and environmental certification Tim Bartley and Shawna N. Smith
Part VI. Conclusion
16. Transnational communities and their impact on the governance of business and economic activity Marie-Laure Djelic and Sigrid Quack
Index.