Ebook: Power in the Global Age: a New Global Political Economy

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; The Hazy Power Space of Global Domestic Politics; Preface; 1: Introduction: New Critical Theory with Cosmopolitan Intent; 1.1 The meta-game of world politics; 1.2 The old game can no longer be played; 1.3 The counter-power of global civil society; 1.4 The transformation of the state; 1.5 Terrorist groups as new global actors; 1.6 The political power of perceived risks from industrialized civilization; 1.7 Who are the 'players'?; 1.8 Legitimacy undergoes a paradigm change; 1.9 Blind empiricism?;This brilliant new book by one of Europe's leading social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global business, nation states and movements rooted in civil society. Beck offers an illuminating account of the changing nature of power in the global age and assesses the influence of the ever-expanding counter-powers. The author puts forward the provocative thesis that in an age of global crises and risks, a politics of ""golden handcuffs""--The creation of a dense network of transnational interdependencies - is exactly what is needed in order to regain nation.