The De-coupling of National Economic Elites from Political Elites: Russia and the UK Compared
Journal: Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Year: 2017

The paper considers the effects of economic globalization on the relationship between national economic and political elites. It is contended that high levels of globalization lead to the de-coupling of economic elites from national political elites and that economic globalization also marginalizes the powers of dependent nation states. The thesis of this paper is that in economically globalized states there is a duality of power. A political elite is legitimated electorally to a national consti