A critical rejoinder to Manfred B. Steger

Authors

Clyde W. Barrow, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Michelle Keck, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2018

Abstract

Manfred Steger’s response to our critique of globalization theory studiously avoids a confrontation with our basic thesis that nation-states are the principal agents of globalization and the continuing guarantors of the political and material conditions necessary for capital accumulation on a global scale. Steger still fails to recognize that the state is more than just one important actor in the global arena because a state has the capacity to extract resources (taxes), allocate resources (bureaucracy), and enforce decisions (police, military, and judiciary) that are binding on an entire society. No global nonstate actors identified by Steger have these capacities.

Comments

© 2018 Studies in Political Economy

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Recommended Citation

Clyde W. Barrow & Michelle Keck (2018) A critical rejoinder to Manfred B. Steger, Studies in Political Economy, 99:1, 106-109, DOI: 10.1080/07078552.2018.1440981

Publication Title

Studies in Political Economy

DOI

10.1080/07078552.2018.1440981