Power in the Global Age

U.Beck, Ludwig-Maximilian University, MunichTranslated by Kathleen Cross

"Ulrich Beck is one of the most important social theorists of our time. In Power in the Global Age he provides an insightful and rigorous theoretical framework to analyze the new forms of power and counter-power in the global sphere. It shows the relevance of theory for understanding the major political conflicts that are reshaping our world. It will be mandatory reading in universities everywhere."-- Manuel Castells, University of Southern California, Los Angeles "In this fascinating new book Ulrich Beck develops further a manifesto of, and for, a cosmopolitan world. Especially important is his attempt to decipher and characterize the architecture of cosmopolitan states and civil society. This major book may well do for 'cosmopolitan society' what Beck’s earlier works did for deciphering the nature of 'risk society'." -- John Urry, Lancaster University

• Reflections on the rise of right-wing populism in EuropeForewordChapter I Introduction: New Critical Theory with cosmopolitan intentChapter II Critique of the national outlookChapter III Global domestic politics changes the rules: On the breaching of boundaries in economics, politics and societyChapter IV Power and counter-power in the global age: The strategies of capitalChapter V State strategies between renationalization and transnationalizationChapter VI Strategies of civil society movementsChapter VII Who wins? On the transformation of concepts and forms of the state and politics in the second modernityChapter VIII Brief funeral oration at the cradle of the cosmopolitan eraReferences