Corporate Spaniard expatriates: Transnational elite or national globalized elite?

  • Antonio Martín-Cabello Rey Juan Carlos University
  • Almudena García-Manso Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (España)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/poso.64881
Keywords: transnational capitalist class, transnational corporations, global elite, national globalized elites
Agencies: El artículo utiliza parte de los datos obtenidos en un proyecto que se desarrolla en la actualidad sobre expatriados corporativos realizado en el contexto del grupo de investigación methaodos.org, declarado de excelencia por la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), que ha proporcionado la infraestructura técnica y material para su elaboración. Queremos agradecer a Salvador Perelló Oliver, director del grupo de investigación, su colaboración en la revisión y por las sugerencias a los distintos borradores del artículo.

Abstract

There is some debate about the existence of global elites or national globalized elites. This debate has been developed mostly in a theoretical framework. This article argues that the only way to overcome it is through empirical studies. The paper presents a qualitative research conducted through in-depth interviews to Spaniards corporate expatriates. The results show that there is no clear answer to the initial question. On the one hand, a group of Spaniards corporate expatriates can clearly be seen as global national elite. On the other hand, some have more cosmopolitan features and do not feel so tied to their country of origin.

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Published
2022-05-20
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Martín-Cabello, A., & García-Manso, A. (2022). Corporate Spaniard expatriates: Transnational elite or national globalized elite? Política Y Sociedad, 59(2), e64881. https://doi.org/10.5209/poso.64881
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Vol. 59 No. 2 (2022): Monográfico: Políticas sociales, redistribución y aportes feministas: la renta básica en la era postrabajo
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Miscelaneus

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