本文刊登于美刊《世界政治》1997年第1期,彼得·埃文斯(PeterEvans)是美国加州大学伯克利分校社会学系教授。文章认为,当前的全球经济学并没有预测国家的衰落。虽然经济全球化限制了国家的权力,但是跨国资本比起一国国内的经济活动更加需要强有力的国家。在全球信息经济时代,最有优势的经济行为主体即跨国公司,可能 This article appeared in the January issue of the American Journal of World Politics, and Peter Evans is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. The article believes that the current global economics does not predict the decline of the country. Although economic globalization has limited state power, transnational capital requires a stronger state than domestic economic activity in a country. In the era of global information economy, the most dominant economic actor, multinational corporations, may be