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4 trans cap class.ppt
Transnational Capitalist Class
National to Transnational
- National Bourgeoisie
Growth
Assist national Capitalist
Return: growth related investment
Can be Protectionist
- Global Market
Shared interest
Opening up markets
Changes between and within states
National Bourgeoisie lose
Power/dependency
- Transnational Capitalist Class
Interest not in one state/region
Not national
Identity transnationalized
Not “under” one state
- Changes:
Class compromise
State influence
Dependency
Who Are the TCC? (Sklair)
- TNC executives;
- globalizing bureaucrats;
- globalizing politicians and professionals;
- conisumerist elites (merchants and media).
- Labor Remains National
Indicators (Robinson)
- the spread of TNC affiliates;
- the phenomenal increase in cross-border mergers and acquisitions;
- the increasing transnational interlocking of boards of directors;
- increasingly cross- and mutual investment among companies from two or more countries and transnational ownership of capital shares;
- the spread of crossborder strategic alliances of all sorts;
- vast global outsourcing and subcontracting networks;
- and the increasing salience of transnational peak business associations.
Dialectics
- Agency + Structure
The relationship is the focus of analysis
How agents relate to the structure
- Capitalists
Transnationalization
Uniting Interests
Uniting Identities
- Labor
Greater reliance on TCC
Race to bottom
- Fixing r > g
Taxes on Wealth
Globalization
No Global State
- Solow
Political Power
Productivity \/ ; Wage Share \/
Productivity /\ ; Wage Share \/
Decreases Political/Economic Power of Labor
g
Goal of TCC
- Structure of Capitalism
Empowers Bourgeoisie
- Role of Agent
Enrich Self
- Result
Restructure world economy to global economy
Work transnationally to influence governments
Do not moderate harmful effects
Lower Government intervention (who are TCC)
No Global State to fix contradictions
Liberalism.pptx
Quiz
Define (compare/contrast) the following:
Othodox Liberalism
Interventionist Liberalism
Institutional Liberalism
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Liberalism
Positive-Sum Game
Individual Level of Analysis
Also, Groups of individuals (states, MNC's, Societies)
Regimes (IO's, norms, rules)
Focused on Prosperity
Politically Neutral
State is to open market and protect property
Cooperation
2
Interdependence
Coordination
Higher Cost to Defect
Spill-over – Increasing Interdependence
Hegemon to enforce rules
Regimes
3
Global
International Organizations
Neoliberal Institutionalism
Result of Collective Interest
Cooperation > Competition for all
Benevolent Hegemon
Staying Power after Hegemon Decline
Globalization
Autonomous process
Decline of state; lack of ability to interfere economically
4
Development
States must liberalize
Engage in institutions and interdependence
Which process is historically proven?
NIEs, Asian Tigers
China
Asymmetric Interdependence
Exploitation
Is Liberalism Being Maintained?
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