Transnationalism and the German City

Too often, scholars treat transnationalism as a conflict in which the local, regional, and national give way to globalized identity. As these varied studies of German cities show, though, the urban environment is actually a site of trans-localism that is not merely oppositional, but that adapts itself dialectically to the forces of globalization.

Deborah Ascher Barnstone, Technology University, Sydney, Australia Grischa F. Bertram, University of Kassel, Germany Greg Castillo, University of California, Berkeley, USA Elizabeth A. Drummond, Loyola Marymount University, USA Friedhelm Fischer, University of Kassel, Germany Janina Fuge, University of Hamburg, Germany Tracy Graves, Michigan State University, USA Nicole Huber, University of Washington, USA Stephan Lanz, European University Viadrina, Germany John V. Maciuika, CUNY Graduate Center, USA Daniel Purdy, Penn State University, USA Dirk Schubert, Hafencity University, Germany Ralph Stern, University of Manitoba, Canada Bettina Stoetzer, University of Chicago, USA Rosemary Wakeman, Fordham University, USA