Reframing Power in the Globalized World
Organization Studies · 2008 · Volume 29 · Issue 5
Abstract
This paper throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, nation-states and movements rooted in civil society. It offers an account of the changing nature of power in the global age and assesses the influence of the counter-powers. The thesis is that, in an age of global crises and risks, the creation of a dense network of transnational interdependencies is exactly what is needed to regain national autonomy, not least in relation to a highly mobile world economy. The author thereby argues that a paradigm shift of the social sciences is needed, from `methodological nationalism' to `methodological cosmopolitanism'.
Keywords
second modernity, methodological nationalism, meta power game, cosmopolitan state.
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