Reform des Staats: Globales Kapital und nationaler Staat

Abstract

To talk about the crisis for 'thc welfarc state' or thc reform of 'the state' in an international setting immediatly raises the question of 'which state? where?'. To someone who has lived most of his life in Europe, there is an additional problem: of what relevance are ideas developed in Europe about 'the state' to people whose main point of reference is the Paraguayan, Bolivian or Argentinian state? The answer can only lie through some conecpt of the fragmentation of a united world. This article is an attempt to develop that point.