Agency, power, and state-firm relations in global financial networks

Lai, Karen P.Y.

doi:10.1177/2043820618797463

Agency, power, and state-firm relations in global financial networks

Lai, Karen P.Y.

Authors

Dr Karen Lai karen.lai@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

In response to Töpfer’s incisive critique of how current work on global production networks and global financial networks (GFNs) have been too firm-centric and reliant on neoliberal market framings, this commentary highlights three key points for developing a deeper conceptualization of the state in financial processes and networks. The first addresses the role of the state and inter-firm relations, the second deals with conceptualizations of power and agency, and the third is a call to go boldly beyond authoritarian capitalist regimes in moving toward a state-led conceptualization of GFNs.

Citation

Lai, K. P. (2018). Agency, power, and state-firm relations in global financial networks. Dialogues in Human Geography, 8(3), 285-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820618797463

Journal Article Type	Article
Online Publication Date	Nov 8, 2018
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Aug 31, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Sep 10, 2021
Journal	Dialogues in Human Geography
Print ISSN	2043-8206
Electronic ISSN	2043-8214
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	8
Issue	3
Pages	285-288
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820618797463

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Karen PY Lai, Agency, power, and state-firm relations in global financial networks, Dialogues in Human Geography (8:3) pp. 285-288. Copyright © 2018 (The Author). DOI: 10.1177/2043820618797463.