In this paper the authors use extensive archival and historical analysis of the global aluminium industry to reconceptualise deglobalization as a co-constructed process of firm–state relations.
The paper identifies key microfoundations of corporate political activity (ideological affinity, embedded agency, networked trust) and shows how firms’ non-market strategies shape protectionist policies, trade governance and national development agendas across a century of change.
Authors & affiliations:
- Andrew Perchard (University of Otago)
- Niall MacKenzie (University of Strathclyde)
- Thomas C. Lawton (University College Cork & Brunel University of London)
