ABSTRACT
To date, an overwhelming body of literature has been devoted to ‘globalisation’ – both as a contested set of discourses and as a transformative force in the global economy. Boyer 2000: 294) argues that the constantly used term ‘globalisation’ is
not an innocent one, since it suggests that nation-states, firms and, even more so, individuals are powerless in the face of an implacable determinism, since it comes from somewhere else, outside the control of national politics. This opinion, widely accepted, even by those who are politically opposed to globalization, merits systematic criticism.
