Fox 2002) suggests that rather than assuming participa 。

33、tion in transnational networks (i.e. transnational networking, or collaboration) is good (because it provides access to social capital, raises social status and challenges the local status quo), it would be helpful to problematize these assumptions and ask: whose interests are served by transnationa 。

34、l networks and activities;
and do such networks and activities affirm and/or reconfigure traditional power relations (Mahler 1999: 87)? Asking and answering such questions provide evidence that transnational networks and social capital operate in contradictory and ambiguous ways. However, it is in t 。

35、hese ambiguous and seemingly contradictory findings that scholars are most likely to achieve a more textured understanding of the nature of transnational networks, collaboration and communities. Organization of the Paper: The following section on methods and measures describes in detail the projects 。

36、 levels of analysis, key measures (for organizational culture, structure and social networks), and the population sample. NOTE: The reader may want to read this section at a later time in order to get right into the case study. Section III presents a theory of organizational culture and networks loc 。

37、al San Diego, Tijuana and SD-TJ binational fields. Section IV examines more closely several key cultural, structural and social networks characteristics of binational organizations that is organizations that operate on a regular basis within the binational organizational field. The final section con 。

38、cludes with a discussion of several pros and cons of binational collaboration and some thoughts on what successful binational collaboration might look like.II. Methods & MeasuresThis paper is part of a larger ethnographic dissertation project that examines how transnational collaboration and network 。

39、s affect local AIDS organizations in Mexico and along the US-Mexico border. The project is comparative in design and utilizes a mixture of qualitative methodologies. The comparative frame examines similarities and differences between community-based AIDS organizations at national (US vs. Mexican) an 。

40、d regional (Tijuana, Mexico City, San Diego) levels, paying specific attention to the relationship between transnational ties and exchanges and shifts in non-profit structures, goals and strategies. Additionally the project compares the activities and impact of different types of organizations (Stat 。

41、e agencies, non-profit community-based organizations, academic research centers, private foundations, and international NGOs and development agencies) operating in the AIDS service sector in San Diego-Tijuana and Mexico City. The practice of “mixing” methodologies has become increasingly popular in。

42、sociology and the social sciences in general (Baker and Faulkner 2002: 31;
Creswell 2003). Qualitative methods utilized for this project include in-depth interviews, participant observation and archival research. In-depth interviews have been conducted with forty-five key actors in government progra 。

【Structural|Structural, Cultural and Social features of a Binational Organizational Community Binational Collaboration between the US and Mexican HIV AIDS Sectors】43、ms and policy-making positions;
non-profit community-based organizations;
the medical and academic professions;
and foundations in San Diego, Tijuana, and Mexico City. In depth interviews focus on the history of inter-organizational relationships between state-funded and non-profit community-based o 。

44、rganizations, with an emphasis on the content and function of different types of organizational ties at both the local and transnational levels. Interviews also inquire into aspects of organizational leadership styles and organizational culture. In addition, participant-observation was conducted at。

45、more than forty-five key events (conferences, workshops, and policy planning meetings) in the San Diego-Tijuana/border region and Mexico City. Other participant-observer activities include volunteering on a weekly basis (for four months) for a binational non-profit community-based AIDS organization。

46、(the Binational AIDS Advocacy Project), and working as an active member of the San Diego-Tijuana Binational HIV/STD Committee (from 1999 to present). Participant observation in these contexts provides an opportunity to observe and verify the myriad of processes and dynamics involved in inter-organiz 。

47、ational collaboration at local, national and transnational levels.A large amount of archival data, such as HIV/AIDS policy documents, conference and workshop proceedings, policy-planning meeting minutes, organizational literature and periodical publications has been collected and analyzed to supplem 。

48、ent the ethnographic data and serve verification and historical/contextual purposes.Data Analysis: Interviews and field notes from participant observation were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using the grounded theory(Glaser and Strauss 1967) method of analyzing qualitative data. This method entai 。

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