Bananno, AlessandroFriedland, William H.Llambi, LuisMarsden, TerryMoreira, Manuel BeloSchaeffer, Robert2020-08-102020-08-101994Bonanno, Alessandro, William H. Friedland, Luis Llambí, Terry Marsden, Manuel Belo Moreira and Robert Schaeffer (1994) “Global Post-Fordism and Concepts of the State.” International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 4, 11-29. https://www.isa-agrifood.com/ijsaf-v04-11-29https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2826Article originally published in the International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and FoodFollowing a review of the literature on the State and some of the basic features of global post-Fordism, it is maintained that global post-Fordism can be synthesized through a set of four dialectical relationships: deregulation/re-regulation, fragmentation/coordination, mobility/embeddedness and empowerment/disempowerment. Moreover, it is argued that: 1) the State in global post-Fordism cannot be thought of exclusively in national terms; 2) its re-conceptualization must entail a transnational dimension; 3) the State cannot be conceptualized exclusively in terms of formal public appearances, agents and agencies; and 4) non-public apparatuses, agents and agencies must be included in the analysis.Post-Fordismderegulationtransnationalstateformal agenciesnon-public apparatusesArticle