About the author -- Tables and figures -- Tables -- 1.1 Strata in the 1976 and 1996 samples -- 1.2 Mean degree by type of line for the global network -- 1.3 Mean degree of interlocking for corporations domiciled in four regions, by type of line -- 1.4 National and transnational interlocks in the global network -- 1.5 Cross-classification of national networkers and transnationalists by highest status held -- 2.1 Classification of five leading global policy groups -- 2.2 The nucleus of six corporate directors and their organizational affiliations -- 2.3 Eleven additional members of the core group and their organizationalaffiliations -- 2.4 Distributions of companies and inner circle members by national domicile -- 2.5 Numbers of directorships on five global policy boards -- 3.1 Degree of interlocking, twenty most central cities in the global network -- 3.2 Primary and secondary interlocking in the global network -- 5.1 Internal and external ties for major segments of the global corporate elite -- 6.1 Leading billionaire families in the global corporate elite, 1996 and 2006 -- 7.1 Mean degree for Top Dogs and other G500 European firms, 1996 and 2006 -- 7.2 Bonding and bridging analysis, 1996 and 2006 -- 7.3 Mean inter-corporate distances, with and without ERT mediation -- 7.4 Financial institutions in the European corporate network, 2006 -- 7.5 Elite linkages between corporate Europe and the rest of the world -- 8.1 Eleven key transnational policy boards, 1996-2006 -- 8.2 Policy-board memberships and corporate directorships, 1996 and 2006 -- 8.3 Organizations ranking highest in coreness, 2006 -- 8.4 Distribution of inter-corporate relations brokered by policy boards -- 9.1 A judgement sample of eight key organizations for paired comparisons -- 9.2 Eight key organizations: constituencies, organizational forms, action repertoires -- Figures.

1.1 The core of the transnational network, 1976 -- 1.2 The core of the transnational network, 1996 -- 2.1 Number of interlocks among five global policy groups, 1996 -- 2.2 Mean international distances among 271 corporations, based on corporate interlocks only -- 2.3 Mean international distances among 271 corporations, including paths mediated by five global policy groups -- 3.1 Participation in the transnational network, twenty-two cities -- 3.2 Mean degree of interlocking in the transnational network, fourteen cities -- 3.3 The transnational inter-urban network, showing all ties carried by transnationalists -- 3.4 The transnational inter-urban network, cities linked by four or more interlocking directorships -- 3.5 The Paris archipelago -- 3.6 The global inter-urban network of seventy connected cities -- 3.7 The network of primary inter-urban interlocks: twenty-eight cities with transnational ties -- 4.1 Industrial composition of the G400, 1996-2006 -- 4.2 Regional trends in capital accumulation, 1996-2006 -- 4.3 Main urban domiciles for G500 corporations, 1996-2006 -- 4.4 UNCTAD transnationality among G400 industrial corporations of the triad -- 4.5 Mean board size for G500 corporations, 1996-2006 -- 4.6 Degree of national and transnational interlocking for G500 corporations, 1996-2006 -- 4.7 Proportions of national and transnational interlocking, key countries, 1996-2006 -- 4.8 Financial and industrial interlocks among G7 countries, 1996 -- 4.9 Financial and industrial interlocks among G7 countries, 2006 -- 4.10 The international network of transnational interlocks, 1996 -- 4.11 The international network of transnational interlocks, 2006 -- 5.1 Distribution of G500 interlocking and non-interlocking directors, 1996-2006 -- 5.2 Numbers of interlockers: national (G5 countries) and transnational.

5.3 Typology of corporate interlockers in the global network -- 5.4 Domicile of principal corporate affiliation, trans-Atlantic linkers -- 5.5 National networkers and transnationalists in the global corporate elite, 1996 -- 5.6 National networkers and transnationalists in the global corporate elite, 2006 -- 6.1 Numbers of Forbes and G500 billionaires, 1996-2006 -- 6.2 Distribution of Forbes and G500 billionaires, 1996 -- 6.3 Distribution of Forbes and G500 billionaires, 2006 -- 6.4 Main groupings of billionaires and their organizational affiliations, 1996 -- 6.5 Main groupings of billionaires and their organizational affiliations, 2006 -- 6.6 Social circles of billionaire networkers, 1996 -- 6.7 Social circles of billionaire networkers, 2006 -- 7.1 National domiciles in corporate Europe, 1996 -- 7.2 National domiciles in corporate Europe, 2006 -- 7.3 Degree of transnational interlocking within Europe, 1996 and 2006 -- 7.4 Ties among thirty-six European firms most involved in pan-European interlocking, 2006 -- 7.5 Types of interlockers in corporate Europe, 1996 and 2006 -- 8.1 Typology of corporate interlockers: policy-board affiliations -- 8.2 The corporate-policy elite's inner circle, 1996 -- 8.3 The corporate-policy elite's inner circle, 2006 -- 8.4 Inter-organizational relations, 2006 -- 8.5 Weighted sectoral densities, 1996 -- 8.6 Weighted sectoral densities, 2006 -- 8.7 Total brokerage scores for transnational policy boards, 1996 and 2006 -- 8.8 Inter-corporate brokerage within and between regions for four global policy groups -- 8.9 Inter-corporate brokerage within and between regions for four transnational business councils -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The debate on the transnational capitalist class -- A global corporate community? -- Forms of corporate power -- Networks of corporate power -- What follows.

PART ONE The formation of a transnational corporate community -- 1

Figure 2.2 Mean international distances among 271 corporations, based on corporate interlocks only -- Figure 2.3 Mean international distances among 271 corporations, including paths mediated by five global policy groups -- Conclusion -- 3

Figure 4.6 Degree of national and transnational interlocking for G500 corporations, 1996-2006.