Coalitions across Borders shows how social movements have cooperated and conflicted as they work to develop a transnational civil society in response to perceived threats of neoliberalism—free trade, privatization, structural adjustment, and unbridled corporate power. The authors explore the processes of transnational mobilization, discussing the motivations and methods of cross-border cooperation as well as the conflicts that have affected movement abilities to promote social change. The original case studies included in this volume represent a diverse cross section of transnational movement coalitions—from various regions and nations, representing different movement interests, and addressing a range of economic injustices. Coalitions across Borders reveals the many social conditions that enable and constrain the formation of transnational civil societies and the ways in which movement actors manage conflicts as they work toward common goals.

Coalitions across Borders shows how social movements have cooperated and conflicted as they work to develop a transnational civil society in response to perceived threats of neoliberalism—free trade, privatization, structural adjustment, and unbridled corporate power. The authors explore the processes of transnational mobilization, discussing the motivations and methods of cross-border cooperation as well as the conflicts that have affected movement abilities to promote social change. The original case studies included in this volume represent a diverse cross section of transnational movement coalitions—from various regions and nations, representing different movement interests, and addressing a range of economic injustices. Coalitions across Borders reveals the many social conditions that enable and constrain the formation of transnational civil societies and the ways in which movement actors manage conflicts as they work toward common goals.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction: Cooperation and Conflict in Transnational Protest
Chapter 3 I Movements and Challenges
Chapter 4 Gendering Transnational Social Movement Analysis: Women's Groups Contest Free Trade in the Americas
Chapter 5 Building a Transnational Environmental Justice Movement: Obstacles and Opportunities in the Age of Globalization
Chapter 6 II Models of Coalition
Chapter 7 Conflict and Cooperation within the Platform of European Social NGOs
Chapter 8 Bridging the Chasms: The Case of Peoples' Global Action
Chapter 9 III Perspectives on Labor Solidarity
Chapter 10 Transnational Campaigns Against Child Labor: The Garment Industry in Bangladesh
Chapter 11 Talking across Difference in an Interconnected World of Labor
Chapter 12 Monitoring Multinationals: Corporate Codes of Conduct
Chapter 13 IV Transnational Campaigns
Chapter 14 Refusing the Trojan Pig: The U.S.-Poland Coalition against Corporate Pork Production
Chapter 15 The Trinational Alliance Against NAFTA: Sinews of Solidarity
Chapter 16 Factors Affecting Conflict and Cooperation in Transnational Movement Networks