ABSTRACT
In recent times, the analytical potential of Bourdieusian theory has been impressively exemplified by research on numerous phenomena both ‘across’ and ‘beyond’ the nation-state. Yet the very proliferation of empirical studies inspired by Bourdieusian space/field theory may considerably overburden the theory in its original form. In order to reveal this theory’s full analytical strength, we shall contribute a systematic discussion of the foundations upon which recent works (implicitly) rely when empirically investigating international, transnational, and global phenomena: relationalism. In doing so, we will develop a generalized analytical framework for research that refers to the concepts of field and space and address its core methodological implications for future empirical research.
