L’institutionnalisation de la région alpine à travers l’étude de deux réseaux pan-alpins (Alliance dans les Alpes et Alparc) by Cristina Del Biaggio

“…This article attempts to show, through an analysis of two pan-alpine networks, Alliance in the Alps and Alparc, how the Alps are in the process of becoming institutionalized and emerging as a transnational region. This endeavour requires above all an understanding of how these networks function as well as an appreciation of the major challenges facing those involved in projects in this innovative process. …”
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Sounding Diversities. Towards an Open Online Archive of Migrants’ Musical Lives by Fulvia Caruso

“…Music is a significant medium not only for shaping a new understanding of a transnational cultural identity, but also for intervening creatively to shape public opinion about cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity in contemporary Italy. …”
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The institutionalization of the alpine region: an analysis based on a study of two pan-alpine networks (Alliance in the Alps and Alparc) by Cristina Del Biaggio

“…This article attempts to show, through an analysis of two pan-alpine networks, Alliance in the Alps and Alparc, how the Alps are in the process of becoming institutionalized and emerging as a transnational region. This endeavour requires above all an understanding of how these networks function as well as an appreciation of the major challenges facing those involved in projects in this innovative process. …”
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WE ARE ALL HERE TO STAY? INDIGENEITY, MIGRATION, AND ‘DECOLONIZING’ THE TREATY RIGHT TO BE HERE by Amar Bhatia

“…This article examines issues of transnational migration in the settler-colonial context of Canada.  …”
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Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson’s ‘Homeland’: de-constructing the rhetoric of consensus in the aftermath of September 11th attacks by Cinzia Schiavini

“…The analysis focuses in particular on four elements: the concept of “Ground Zero” and “Homeland” and their use as lexical and symbolic catalysts of nationalism; the forms and the erasure of dissent; the commodification of 9/11 and the Iraqi war; and the relation between the national rhetoric and the transnational economy in the last two decades.…”
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Internacionalización, virtualización y convergencia de la Educación Superior. Nuevos contextos para América Latina y Europa by Norberto Fernández Lamarra, Cristian Perez Centeno

“…In this article we draw on some of the diverse processes of change in Higher Education deriving from the implementation of the global political and economical dynamics, and the relating strategies of transnational cooperation. In this context, mercantilization, internationalization, virtualization and convergence are some of the phenomena cast out with regard to higher education. …”
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Myth and Reality of the “Europe’s Crusade against Bolshevism” by Xosé M. Núñez Seixas

“…The article bridges a transnational overview on the participation of Germany’s allied forces in the German- Soviet war of 1941-45, including both the troops sent by the Third Reich’s Allies that declared war on the Soviet Union and the diverse units of volunteers recruited by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS from all over Europe, under the influence of the propaganda campaign that depicted the war as an European Crusade against Bolshevism. …”
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How to prepare for a greener future? by Vranayova Zuzana, Kaposztasova Daniela

“…The CoVEs will be established in 5 European countries (Greece, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, and Portugal) and will all cooperate transnationally with each other through common structured forms of dialogue and communication. …”
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POST-PARTITION CONFLICTS AND DIASPORIC LOSS IN AMITAV GHOSH AND JHUMPA LAHIRI’S NARRATIVES by Angelo Monaco

“…Diasporic dislocations are hence documented in such narratives which, revolving around memories of loss and tensions, unveil the transformative and ethic power of transnational literature. …”
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Verlustfreie Übersetzungen by Walter Schilling

“…An attempt is made to establish that Gomringer’s linguistic reduction offers the prospect of a form of transnational communication in which it is not necessary to master all the prevailing linguistic norms. …”
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Interview 11 by Simone A. James Alexander

“…The proliferation of the practices of diaspora runs parallel to transnational encounters and exchanges. While displacements and dispersals remain foundational to the formation of diasporas and diasporic communities, migrations and migratory experiences have resulted in the continued evolution of the concept of diaspora to suit the needs and demands of ever-changing im/migrant communities. …”
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GLOBALIZATION OF R&D AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES by Anna Odrobina

“…<p class="Tekststreszczenia-EN"><span lang="EN-US">The paper examines the globalization of the R&amp;D, including the factors which have impact on this phenomenon. Transnational corporations account for a major part of global R&amp;D and they are selecting some developing countries as locations for R&amp;D activities. …”
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Le Labyrintho de comercio terrestre y naval de Juan de Hevia Bolaño et le droit maritime by Margarita Serna Vallejo

“…The III Book of the Labyrintho de comercio terrestre y naval by Hevia Bolaño is an expression of the transnational legal history of maritime law of the Hispanic Monarchy. …”
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The redefinition of the social-democratic agenda between the oil crisis and the end of real socialism (1973-1992) by Fernando Pedrosa

“…It explores in depth one of the main strategies: The increase in transnational political activity and the creation of committees working on aspects related to development, security, nuclear arms race and the environment. …”
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True Relations: Discursive Imaginaries of Identity and Place in Canadian Curriculum and Pedagogy by Erika Hasebe-Ludt

“…Drawing on the concept of métissage, and work by Canadian and transnational scholars in curriculum and pedagogy, this paper provokes and invokes the ethical importance of relational and truth-telling qualities in education. …”
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STS.320 Environmental Conflict and Social Change, Fall 2005 by Walley, Christine

“…It uses environmental conflict to draw attention to competing understandings and uses of "nature" as well as the local, national and transnational power relationships in which environmental interactions are embedded. …”
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Defining Singaporeans - the constructions, challenges and way ahead of national identity in the security of Singapore. by Lee, Wei Cheng.

“…The central thesis of this paper is that the conception of Singapore's security is closely intertwined with that of the nation's quest for national identity and while tremendous amount of effort and resources have been invested in imagining and domesticating a national identity, Singapore's past imagining may face ontological instability as new challenges such as transnational threats and globalisation are emerging to dilute previous efforts. …”
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Shaping the future of East Asian economic architectures : views of ASEAN by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…Also, globalization has not only deepened economic interdependency but also made several issues transnational. Increasing linkages heighten the importance of international cooperation to tackle existing problems. …”
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Apple, Foxconn, and Chinese workers’ struggles from a global labor perspective by Pun, N, Shen, S, Guo, Y, Lu, H, Chan, J, Selden, M

“…Through our fieldwork in China we also examined Apple’s and Foxconn’s responses to the spate of worker suicides, workers’ resistance, the activism of scholar and student groups, and transnational justice campaigns. We conclude with reflection on global labor studies in light of the debates between Karl Polanyi’s counter movement and Karl Marx’s class-based struggle.…”

POWER STRUGGLES IN THE MIDDLE EAST : THE ISLAMIST POLITICS OF HIZBULLAH AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD / by Dingel, Eva, author

“…By looking at the history of these two groups, Dingel examines the numerous influences on political movements, ranging from ideological change via generational conflict to transnational influences, and how state capacity is a key factor in influencing the strategy choices of these groups.…”