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Transnational Latina/o Communities: Politics, Processes, and Cultures. Carlos G. Vélez‐Ibañez and Anna Sampaio, eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002. 307 pp.

This article raises the question of how organisational identification emerges at distance and across cultural contexts. The question is explored in an empirical study of identification processes among Moroccan members of an international association that assemble young leaders and entrepreneurs in small- and medium sized companies. On the basis of a narrative analysis of interviews, observations, and documents, the article illustrates two mutually reinforcing identification processes: One is based on face-to-face social interaction with likeminded peers locally; another is imaginary in the sense that the Moroccan members envision members in other countries to be like themselves and what they aspire to become. This contributes to crosscultural management literature in three ways: first, the study adopts a transnational lens that shows the need to go beyond a national perspective and to explore identification at the intersection between the global and local; second, the study draws on concepts of imagined community (Anderson, 1983) and community of sentiments (Appadurai, 1996) to conceptualise the imaginary part of the identification processes, which transcends locality. Third, the study contributes methodologically by showing how the distinction between translocal and local narratives allows to analyse the interplay between an imagined transnational community and a local face-to-face community.

Abstract
The aims of this special issue are to both raise the social scientific status of sport and to advance understanding of transnational processes through the role of sport in global change. The Introduction argues that sport, like globalization, can be understood in transdisciplinary terms, and the papers included contributions informed by sociology, anthropology, political sciences and history. As well as placing the issue in the context of recent studies of sport and globalization, the Introduction outlines the seven papers. Placed together they move from analyses of broader globalizing and multi‐sport issues towards consideration of how transnational processes impact upon individual sports – with examples from cricket, baseball and association football – ending with regional and national dimensions.

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE FUTURE INTEGRATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. IT STATES THAT ORGANIZED INTEREST GROUPS HAVE A PROMINENT PLACE IN ITS FUTURE. AFTER DISCUSSING MANY OF THESE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, IT STATES THAT WHATEVER TURN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MAY TAKE AFTER 1992, IT WILL NOT REVERSE THE TIDE AND REORGANIZE EUROPEAN CAPITALISM IN THE NEOCORPORATIST CAST.

"In this paper, the question of social change for women as actors of migration is examined.
Apart from feminist theory and international gender studies, this topic is located in migration
studies and social theory as well. It is proposed to analyse the transformation of gender
norms in processes of migration in connection with the changes taking place in the domain of
labour, namely the increasing tertiarisation in post-industrial societies on the one hand, and a
globalising economy and international distribution of labour following from this on the other. A
concept for transnational gender orders is outlined, proposing that, along with these economic
and structural processes, normative requirements and ascriptions for social actors are
emerging as well. They target the gender performance of women as actors of migration, insofar
as an assumed universal gender socialisation as women is becoming a qualification
and resource in an international distribution of labour." [author's abstract]

Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit Europäisierungsprozessen, die durch die INTERREG B-Förderprogramme der EU angestoßen werden. Diese sollen Städten und Regionen in Europa dabei helfen, die Herausforderungen zu bewältigen, denen sie sich gegenwärtig ausgesetzt sehen. INTERREG B wird im Rahmen der europäischen Regionalpolitik finanziert ist und speziell auf Maßnahmen im Bereich von Regionalentwicklung ausgerichtet. Die Umsetzung erfolgt durch konkrete Projekte, und die dabei europaweit entstehenden Netzwerke sind zwar jeweils lokal und regional verankert, basieren aber gleichzeitig darauf, dass die Akteure mit ähnlichen Organisationen in anderen europäischen Staaten in Kontakt treten. Europäisierungsprozesse durch INTERREG B laufen somit außerhalb der klassischen EU-Institutionen ab sowie auch ohne deren Moderation oder der der Nationalstaaten. Der Beitrag analysiert mögliche Europäisierungsprozesse, die das Instrument INTERREG auf verschiedene Politikbereiche
haben kann. Die Intention dieses Beitrags liegt auf der Identifizierung des strukturellen Potenzials der transnationalen Programme, das durch Beispiele aus dem INTERREG IVB Nordseeraum beleuchtet wird. Dies kann als Grundlage dafür dienen, in zukünftigen evaluativen Untersuchungen zu INTERREG mögliche Europäisierungsprozesse und ihre Effekte systematisch zu analysieren und somit die gesamte Bandbreite
des Einflusspotenzials der Programme zu erfassen.

Research on transnational contention has largely overlooked how global economic negotiations and arrangements shape transnational dissent. In this article I examine how neoliberal economic arrangements structure transnational activism. I first describe neoliberalism as an important facet of economic globalization, and then suggest why neoliberal accords have become lightning rods for protest. I propose that transnational opposition to neoliberalism is supported by the growth of transnational mobilizing structures, as well as by the internationalization of political opportunities. For illustration, I draw upon qualitative research on the tactics of Canadian activists over more than fifteen years of sustained protest against trade and investment accords. I conclude by affirming that the link between international political processes and the rise of transnational social movement organizations and coalitions will mean significant transnational mobilizations in the future. I also caution against drawing premature conclusions about the long-term durability of these transnational alliances. Further research on recent anti-WTO and IMF protests will give a fuller picture of the roles played by these transnational alliances.