From a decidedly multidisciplinary perspective, the articles in Transnational Political Spaces address the notion that political space is no longer fully congruent with national borders. Instead there are areas called transnational political spaces—caused by factors such as migration and social transformation—where policy occurs oblivious to national pressure. Organized into three sections—transnational actors, transnational spaces, and critical encounters—this volume explains how these spaces are formed and defined and how they can be traced and conceptualized.

Mathias Albert is professor of political science at Bielefeld University. Gesa Bluhm is a PhD candidate at Bielefeld University and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. Jan Helmig is a guest lecturer at Bielefeld University. Andreas Leutzsch is lecturer of modern history at Bielefeld University and associate lecturer for political science at the University of Applied Science for Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia. Jochen Walter is a research associate at the Collaborative Research Centre at Bielefeld University.