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Transnational Relations and World Politics : An introduction - Transnational Interactions and Organizations

5 important questions on Transnational Relations and World Politics : An introduction - Transnational Interactions and Organizations

What are interstate interactions?

Global interactions that are initiated and sustained (almost) entirely by governments of nation states.

What are transnational relations?

Interactions that involve non governmental actors, individuals or organizations. It may involve governments but not only.

J. David Singer distinction between two ways in which individuals and organizations in a given society can play roles in world politics

1. They may participate as members of coalitions that control or affect their governments
2. They may play direct roles vis-a-vis foreign governments or foreign societies and thus bypass their own governments.

What is interesting about transnational organizations according to Sidney Rolfe?

Most transnational organizations remain linked to one particular national society

What have Leon N. Lindberg and Stuart A. Scheingold noted?

Agricultural officials from various countries of the EEC have made coalitions as they seek the same general goals of improving the conditions of farmers and of modernizing agriculture.