Ten attributes of transnational administration

Our chapter depicts ten attributes of transnational administration. The first two attributes (methodological transnationalism, transfigured administrative sovereignty) question the utility of ontological nationalism in a transnational and interconnected global order. The third attribute addresses the explosion in transnational actors. The fourth focuses on TA as transgovernmental ‘state-engineered’ processes. The fifth attribute addresses TA as a hybrid public-private engagement. The sixth examines TA as a private endeavour. The seventh raises questions about legitimacy and accountability while the eighth notes TA’s multiscality and its implications for authority transmission. This leads to a ninth attribute on the employees of TAs and a tenth attribute related to citizenship, global citizenship and transnational citizenship. In conclusion, we recognise the challenges and resistances to TA while underscoring the necessity of understanding when TA actors have power