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The Other Side of the Coin: Conceptualizing the Relationship between Business and the State in the Age of Globalisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Hans-Jürgen Bieling
Hans-Jürgen Bieling*
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Philipps Universitat-Marburg
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Abstract

The concluding article to the special issue critically reflects on arguments and analysis presented in the preceding articles. It argues that globalisation, new forms of private authority and the increased power of transnational business have not generally weakened the state, but rather advanced a business-oriented transformation of statehood. To understand this transformation the article first provides a very short overview of the state-globalisation debate. Subsequently, it deals more explicitly with the state theoretical debate. In particular, it brings together neo-Marxist and post-Weberian conceptualisations in order to address both the social nature of the state and the particular forms and processes by which it is interactively embedded in the economy and society. After an outline of the transformation of statehood and the strategic options for non-state actors, the article concludes with some critical remarks on the future of democratic politics.

Keywords

stateglobalizationinternational actorsNGOsbusinesspower
Type
Research Article
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Business and Politics , Volume 9 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Business Power and Global Governance , December 2007 , pp. 1 - 20
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Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2007 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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