Throughout the course of this project, we will be collecting information about transnational contention in many different forms and settings. In the interest of fostering research collaboration across disciplinary and methodological boundaries, as well as helping graduate students and other interested scholars who are working on these issues, we have included links to university research groups, conferences, and web sites of interest; we will continue to add to this list in coming months.
Additionally, we have compiled a list of articles and books on transnational contention and advocacy groups. While this list is by no means complete, it is an attempt to gather together recent research on a number of relevant topics. To access the bibliography, click here.
If there are additional websites or references that we have not included, please send us an email and point us in the appropriate direction.
Web Resources on Transnational Contention and Related Topics:
Resources at Cornell University—Einaudi Center for International Studies
—Government Department
—Sociology Department
—Rural Sociology Department
—The Polson Institute for Global Development
University Research Groups and WorkshopsBrown University, Watson Institute for International Studies
—Globalization and the Future of the Welfare State Project
—Democratic Governance and Political Participation in GlobalizationColumbia University
—Workshop on Contentious Politics
—Center for the Study of Human RightsHarvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
—MacArthur Transnational Security Program
—Seminar on Redefining the Boundaries of BelongingNew School University, Center for Economic Policy Analysis
—Globalization and Social Policy in Developing CountriesSUNY Binghamton, Ferdinand Braudel Center for the Study of Economics, Historical Systems, and Civilizations
—Research Working Group on Waves of Antisystemic Movements
—Workshop on Globalization, Africana Studies, and Interdisciplinary Approaches to KnowledgeUniversity of California, Berkeley, Institute of International Studies
—Workshop on Environmental Politics
—Crossing Borders: Area Studies and the New Geographies Program
—Community in Contention Program
—MacArthur Program on Multilateral Governance
—Human Rights Center
University of California, Davis, Center for History, Society, and Culture
—Project on GlobalizationUniversity of Chicago, Center for International Studies
—Human Rights Program
—Globalization ProjectUniversity of Maryland, Department of Government and Politics, and
the Center for International Development and Conflict
—DC Area Workshop of Contentious Politics
Conferences and Seminars
Cornell University, The Polson Institute for Global Developlemnt
Global Developments in the 21st Century (9/2001)Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Research Systems for Sustainable Development: Challenges for International Institutions (1/2002)
Social Movements in the South: Brazil, India, and South Africa in Comparative Perspective (5/2002)
Community and Citizenship in an Era of Globalization (6/2001)
Biotechnology and Global Governance (4/2001)
Contentious Politics in the Developing World (10/2000)Hamburger Institut fur Sozialforschung
Politics in Globalization, Globalization of Politics (9/1997)Simon Frasier University
Globalization and Its Discontents (7/1998)University of California, Davis
Disordering Globalization: New Constructions of Deviance in States and Markets (2/2000)University of Manitoba
Globalization and Popular Culture: Production, Consumption, Identity (10/2001)University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Local Democracy—An Uncertain Future? (3/2001)University of Notre Dame, Department of Sociology and the American Sociological Association
Authority in Contention: Interdisciplinary Approaches (8/2002)University of Toronto
Globalization and Public Policy (5/1999)
Foundation Programs
Additional References
—Social Science Information Gateway—Social Movements
A collection of resources on social movements, including articles, bibliographies, data collections, journals, and research centers
An international institute committed to bringing together scholars and activists; promotes international cooperation to seek solutions to transnational problems, including social justice questions, militarism, and environmental degradation. Site includes working papers, bibliographic resources, and news bulletins.
—Institute for International Economics
A nonprofit research institute devoted to issues of international economy policy; links to books, working papers, research reports, and news bulletins.
—New School University, Center for Economic Policy Analysis Working Papers
Downloadable working papers on globalization, labor markets, and social policy.
—The Participation and Civic Engagement Group, The World Bank
Promotes methods and approaches that encourages stakeholders, especially the poor, to influence and share control over priority setting, policy making, resource allocations, and access to public goods and services.
—International
Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Develops and encourages the use of civilian-based, nonmilitary
strategies to establish and defend democracy and
human rights worldwide.
—International South Group Network (ISGN)
ISGN is a network of individuals with roots and active
involvement in social movements and centers of research
and learning.
Contains writings and lectures of Yash Tandon, an outspoken
critic in the South of the western-led global development agenda.
—Directory of Social Movements
A World Forum for Alternatives (WFA) initiative that includes
social movement profiles and analysis articles.
—Transnational Institute (TNI)
A worldwide fellowship of committed scholar-activists.