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June 10, 2026European Journal of Social Theory

Infrastructural Power and the State in the Age of Geoeconomic Competition

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HBHans‐Jürgen BielingCMChiara Mattioli

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Overview

Theoretical article redefines infrastructural power's role in state theory, highlighting implications for global policy-making.

Key Points

  • This article reevaluates the concept of infrastructural power in the context of globalization and geoeconomic competition. It aims to develop an analytical framework that integrates state theory and international political economy.
  • Proposes a new analytical framework combining Gramscian and post-Weberian insights with infrastructural theory.
  • Examines the implications of transnational infrastructures on state power.
  • Analyzes the strategic-instrumental and systemic-emergent dimensions of infrastructural power.
  • Challenges Michael Mann's view on territorial state power, suggesting it is not bounded by geography.
  • Argues for a more comprehensive understanding of state power influenced by high-tech capitalism.
  • Highlights the role of financialized transnational infrastructures in geoeconomic competition.

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Bieling et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a29012e6f82f25be989d9ddhttps://doi.org/10.1177/13684310261457763
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