At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the European Union is an increasingly dense transnational social and political space. More and more non-governmental organizations are developing transnational links, which are usually more intensive within the EU even if they often extend beyond its borders to the wider world. This multi-disciplinary volume explores the importance of these structures, actors and relations for EU and European governance in the context of the theoretical debate about European integration in the social sciences. This book includes:

- Theoretical chapters examining and discussing the main conceptual perspectives to studying the transnational EU to provide a current overview.

- Empirical case studies of transnationalism in practice on transnational party, trade union and police cooperation to transnational education policy-making and transnational consensus-building in EMU governance.

This volume will be of great interest to students and researchers of transnationalism and European Union studies within the social sciences, contemporary history and law.

The Editors

Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. His most recent books include (ed. with J. Elvert) European Union Enlargement: A Comparative History (2004); (ed. with M. Gehler) Christian Democracy in Europe since 1945 (2004); Using Europe, Abusing the Europeans: Britain and European Integration 1945–1963 (1999). He is currently writing a book on Transnational Christian Democracy in twentieth-century Europe.

Peter Starie is Principal Lecturer in Politics at the University of Portsmouth. He has published numerous articles and chapters on policy networks and European integration.