ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes a new way to study the connection between the national and transnational fields in more depth. It presents the case of the Netherlands, a small economy which is relatively open to influences from abroad. The chapter discusses the theory behind the approach and address its methodological implications and the operationalization of the theoretical concepts. It explores the relations between the national field and the transnational field in two ways. The first is to investigate the way international capital affects the structure of the national field. The second way is to examine how transnationalization affects the space of position-taking of elites in the form of the social capital they possess. The chapter investigates the volume and composition of the social capital of the Dutch business elite in order to determine the way these elite can be differentiated according to this form of capital.
