Transnational Networks in the 20th Century
Ideas and Practices, Individuals and Organisations
Edited by Berthold Unfried, Jürgen Mittag and Marcel van der Linden (with assistance of Eva Himmelstoss)
ITH Conference Proceedings, vol. 42
(43. Linz Conference: Transnational Networks of Labour, 13.-16. September 2007, and international scientific conference: Transnational Networks. Contributions to the History of 'Globalisation', Vienna 16.-18. November 2007)
Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsanstalt 2008
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Entanglements. Transnational Networks in
the 20th Century
The concept of a spacio-territorially bounded nation state is undergoing
a deep and fundamental shift. Whilst borders are becoming increasingly porous,
interdependence is playing an increasingly important role. Of central significance
in this context are networks, which are considered to be the driving forces
behind the transnational transfer of ideas, the formation of opinions and
lifestyles, while at the same time establishing structures of power and
influence.
Networks are organised in different forms – ranging from informal
contacts to formalized co-operative frameworks. The articles within this
volume seek to illuminate the fundamental relevance of networks and processes
of transnational interaction for history and show concrete examples. In
addition to the labour movement, particular attention is paid to knowledge
("epistemic"), protest, normative and networks of the global political
economy.
Contents
1. Introduction
Transnationale Netzwerke – Annäherungen
an ein Medium des Transfers und der Machtausübung
Jürgen Mittag/Berthold Unfried
2. Notions and concepts
International – transnational: Forschungsfelder
und Forschungsperspektiven
Susan Zimmermann
Netzwerke und Geschichte: Netzwerktheorien und Geschichtswissenschaften
Christoph Boyer
Geschichtswissenschaft und Netzwerkanalyse: Potenziale
und Beispiele
Wolfgang Neurath/Lothar Krempel
Transnational, Transregional, Transcultural: Social
History and Labor Migrants' Networks in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Dirk Hoerder
Netzwerke und Arbeitsmärkte: Annäherungen
an ein Problem transterritorialer Arbeitsgeschichte
Ravi Ahuja
3. Hegemonic and normative networks
Transnational Networks of Capital and Class Strategies
in the Global Political Economy
Kees van der Pijl
Normativists in Boots in the US Military
Ariel Colonomos
Die Transnationalisierung globaler Heilsgüter
am Beispiel der Pfingstbewegung
Sebastian Schüler
4. Epistemic and policy-networks
Networks as drivers of innovation and European scientific
integration: The role of the Ford Foundation in the late Sixties and early
Seventies
Giuliana Gemelli
Global Population Policy: Emergence, Function and
Development of a Network
Maria Mesner
Die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung als internationales
Netzwerk
Patrik von zur Mühlen
"A people's peace in the colonies": Die
International Labour Organization als Teil eines transnationalen Netzwerkes
zur Reform kolonialer Sozialpolitik 1940-1944
Daniel Maul
Im Schatten von Hayek und Friedman: Die Vielflieger
im Kreise der Mont Pèlerin Society. Quantitative Analyse
als Explorationsinstrument der historisch-sozialen Netzwerkforschung
Dieter Plehwe
5. Political networks of Labour
Knowledge Transfer: Intellectuals' Networks and the
Transmission of Socialist Theory in the Southeast European Periphery
Augusta Dimou
Die Spartakusgruppe als Teil des Netzwerkes der Zimmerwalder
Antikriegsbewegung 1915-1918
Ottokar Luban
The Jewish Labor Committee: An American Network of
Transatlantic Solidarity during the Nazi Years
Catherine Collomp/Bruno Groppo
6. Summaries
7. Authors and editors