Hegemonic Battles, Professional Rivalries, and the International Division of Labor in the Market for the Import and Export of State-Governing Expertise

This article draws on research by the authors, especially in Latin America and Asia, to give concrete sociological meaning to the processes of globalization of governing expertise. The article relates professional competition, competing discourses of universals, and imperial competition to the repro...

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Published in:International political sociology 2011-09, Vol.5 (3), p.276-293
Main Authors: Dezalay, Yves, Garth, Bryant G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Competition
Elites
Experts
Exports and Imports
Globalization
International Division of Labor
Latin America
Markets
North and South
State Power
State Role
Transnationalism
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Summary:This article draws on research by the authors, especially in Latin America and Asia, to give concrete sociological meaning to the processes of globalization of governing expertise. The article relates professional competition, competing discourses of universals, and imperial competition to the reproduction of state elites and the construction of fields of state and transnational power. The three parts of the discussion in the article involve first, the complexity of the North-South dimension in the import and export of governing expertise; second, the perennial role of imperial processes involving cosmopolitan elites acting as double agents; and third, the role of particular state elites as gatekeepers facilitating and moderating the imperial processes. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1749-5679
1749-5687
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00134.x