[P2P-F] Fwd: [NetworkedLabour] THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM AND THE CONCEPT OF A TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALIST CLASS

[Michel Bauwens]

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  THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM AND THE CONCEPT OF A
TRANSNATIONAL CAPITALIST CLASS: A CRITICAL REVIEW IN NEO-POULANTZIAN
PERSPECTIVE

Joachim Hirsch and Jens Wissel

  In the last 40 years, various authors have argued that a new
transnational capitalist class (TCC) has emerged, which operates across the
borders of national states. The approaches in question are debated widely
in the social sciences, not only because of their theoretical assumptions
and the empir- ical evidence provided, but also because international power
relations are changing, not least in the context of the current crisis. The
main claim of the authors in question appears to be validated by the
advancing interna- tionalization of capital relations and by the
internationalization of the state. It appears that these processes have
gained traction with the neoliberal trans- formation of capitalism.

If this claim is true, it follows that there are far-reaching changes to
state structures, the international state system, and the trajectory of
social conflicts and struggles. Alterations in class relations are
specifically important because they lead to new configurations of relations
of forces1 and power apparatuses, and, in a second step, to new
arrangements of domination and regulation.

The aim of this article is to review the approaches in question critically.
We assume that existing theories of transnational class formation are
charac- terized by significant weaknesses, both in terms of basic class and
state theoretical assumptions and in terms of accounting for the role of
state apparatuses in class formation....

http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/download/16051/13089


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