The European Union is an increasingly dense social and political space. This book delivers an assessment of its transnational links and examines their effects in key areas. - Съдържа: Transnational Western Europe since 1945 / Wolfram Kaiser -- Transnational networks / Karen Heard-Laureote -- Transnational socialization / Frank Schimmelfennig -- Transnational business / Bastiaan van Apeldoorn -- Trade unions as a transnational movement in the European space 1955-1965 / Patrick Pasture -- The alliance of European Christian democracy and conservatism / Karl Magnus Johansson -- German political foundations / Dorota Dakowska -- Transnational actors in the European Higher Education Area / Erik Beerkens -- Copweb Europe / Monica Den Boer -- Transnational consensus building in EMU economic governance / Daniela Schwarzer.*