Transnational Communities
Shaping Global Economic Governance

An exploration of the role of transnational communities in relation to the governance of business and economic activity.

Marie-Laure Djelic (Edited by), Sigrid Quack (Edited by)

9781107406162, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 7 June 2012

446 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.71 kg

Review of the hardback: 'Djelic and Quack have assembled an outstanding volume on transnational communities and how they shape global economic governance. It will be the key point of reference in the field for some time to come.' David Held, London School of Economics and Political Science

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) Åge 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.

Subject Areas: International organisations & institutions [LBBU], Organizational theory & behaviour [KJU], Business & management [KJ], Sociology [JHB]