A study that follows the paths of transnational activists through a variety of processes between the local and the global. The book asks how and to what extent transnational activism changes domestic actors, their forms of claims making, and their prevailing strategies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Structure, process and actors -- Complex internationalism -- Rooted cosmopolitans and transnational activists -- The global in the local -- Global framing -- Internalizing contention -- Transitional processes -- Diffusion and modularity -- Shifting the scale of contention -- The local in the global -- Externalizing contention -- Building transnational coalitions -- Transnationalism at home and abroad -- Transnational impacts on domestic activism -- Internationalization and transnational activism -- Glossary.