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The Crisis of the National Spatio‐Temporal Fix and the Tendential Ecological Dominance of Globalizing Capitalism

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This article develops a heterodox, strategic‐relational approach to globalization. This is seen as a multi‐scalar, multi‐temporal, multi‐centric process, involving new forms of time‐space distantiation and compression. As such, it is just one face of a complex re‐scaling of social processes which can also be interpreted from other scalar viewpoints, such as localization, regionalization or triadization. Five interrelated issues are then addressed: (1) the structural and strategic dimensions of globalization seen in temporal as well as spatial terms; (2) the role of globalization, especially in its neoliberal form, in enhancing the ecological dominance of the capitalist economy, i.e. in enhancing the relative primacy of the capital relation in an emerging world society; (3) the significance of the global scale for capitalist reorganization and its links to other scales of activity ?? especially given the relativization of scale rooted in the erosion of the national spatio‐temporal fix associated with Atlantic Fordism; (4) the impact of the new scalar dynamics of globalizing capitalism on the relative primacy and forms of appearance of capital's inherent contradictions and dilemmas and the problems that this poses for a re‐regularization of capital accumulation on a global scale; and (5) the implications of globalization for the state and politics. Cet article développe une approche hétérodoxe stratégico‐relationnelle de la mondialisation. Celle‐ci est vue comme un processus à la fois multi‐scalaire, multi‐temporel et multi‐centré, impliquant de nouvelles formes de distanciation et de compression temps‐espace. Il ne s'agit là que d'un seul aspect d'une complexe remise à l'échelle de processus sociaux — qui peuvent Átre interprétés à partir d'autres perspectives scalaires, telles que localisation, régionalisation et triadisation. L'auteur s'attache ensuite à cinq points imbriqués: (1) les dimensions structurelles et stratégiques d'une mondialisation observée en termes de temps et d'espace; (2) le rôle de la mondialisation, notamment sous sa forme néolibérale, dans l'accentuation de la dominance écologique de l'économie capitaliste, autrement dit dans la progression de la prépondérance relative du lien au capital dans une société mondiale émergente; (3) l'importance de l'échelle mondiale dans la réorganisation capitaliste et ses rapports avec d'autres échelles d'activité— compte tenu notamment de la relativisation d'échelle enracinée dans l'érosion de la position spatio‐temporelle nationale associée au fordisme atlantique; (4) l'incidence des nouvelles dynamiques d'échelle du capitalisme mondialisateur sur la prédominance relative et les formes d'émergence des contradictions et dilemmes inhérents au capital, ainsi que les problàmes qui en découlent vis‐à‐vis d'une re‐régularisation de l'accumulation du capital à une échelle planétaire; et (5) les implications de la mondialisation pour lÉtat et la politique.

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  • Bob Jessop, 2000. "The Crisis of the National Spatio‐Temporal Fix and the Tendential Ecological Dominance of Globalizing Capitalism," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 323-360, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:24:y:2000:i:2:p:323-360
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00251
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