SOCI 3430 Chapter Notes -Nationstates, Bourgeoisie, Neoliberalism
4 Nov 2014
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The interrelatedness of the political and the economic under neoliberalism. This week"s reading of chapters two and three in a theory of global capitalism by william: robinson focuses on the transnational capitalist class and the rise of the transnational state. Chapter two focuses on the rise of the transnational capitalist class and its function from and conflict with the traditional national capitalist class. Through the second chapter, robinson, goes on to arguing his thesis stating that the formation of the transnational national class is the idea that, through globalization, a new class division is forming between the national and transnational classes. Robinson studies through empirical evidence and research, that the transnational capitalist class shares similar lifestyles, patterns of higher education, and consumption. Robinson attempts to explain that these individuals, in groups scattered around the world, form strategic transnational alliances through unions and acquisitions with the goal of increased concentration of wealth and capital.
