ABSTRACT
The chapter discusses the features of some of specialized global assemblages, and examines questions of method and interpretation that shape this particular conceptualization of current transformations. The national state functions as the standard against which chapter identifies the four types of territoriality assembled out of "national" and "global" elements, with each individual or aggregate instance evincing distinct spatio-temporal feature. It points to possibly sharp divergence between the organizing logics of the earlier international and current global phases; these two phases are often seen as analogous to the current global phase, but chapter argues this understanding may be based on a confusion of analytical levels. The Bretton Woods agreement, often seen as the beginning of the current global era is, in author's interpretation, not part of the current phase: it sought to protect national states from excessive fluctuations in the international economy. Finally conclude with a discussion of their normative and political implications.
