Infra-political dimensions of resistance to international business: A Neo-Gramscian approach

Steffen Böhm, André Spicer and Peter Fleming

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2008, vol. 24, issue 3, 169-182

Abstract: Summary This paper contributes to critical understandings of how international business is resisted. It develops a Neo-Gramscian approach that emphasizes the importance of informal or 'infra-political' processes. Current conceptualizations demonstrate how international business is challenged via formal and organized political strategies in the firm, the state and civil society. The infra-political dimension is understated. This paper develops a theory of 'articulation' that broadens our understandings of how international business is resisted in both formal and informal ways.

Keywords: Resistance; Articulation; Gramsci; Infra-politics; International; business; Hegemony (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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