Social Science Matrix Podcast: "Bloc by Bloc: How to Build a Global Enterprise for the New Regional Order"

<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir= "auto">Recorded on February 11, 2021, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel discussion, features Professor Steven Weber, a political scientist and professor in the UC Berkeley School of Information, discussing his book, "Bloc by Bloc: How to Build a Global Enterprise for the New Regional Order," together with Vinod K. Aggarwal, Professor of Political Science, and Homa Bahrami, Senior Lecturer in the Haas School of Business. The panel was introduced by Marion Fourcade, Director of Matrix, and moderated by AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor in the UC Berkeley School of Information.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">"Bloc by Bloc" puts forward a compelling model for global organization that integrates modern developments in technology and governance. Weber argues that the global political economy is decomposing into regional systems that are more densely linked internally and much more loosely linked to each other. But the new regions are not defined by familiar physical boundaries like mountains and oceans. They are defined by technology rules and standards, which means we need to re-envision a region as a logical not physical space, with no need for geographic contiguity.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The panel was presented by the University of California, Berkeley's Social Science Matrix (</span><a class= "yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTluc3JIRl9RYTNvYmtka0U3M2ZUdVRCRUxoUXxBQ3Jtc0ttTlV1b291OE1IcFZTSUFtakdXZ05oVzVKcHdQVjJYaUxDQmtGcWdxVVhqLTFvZDdJTzNPZ2hmRm5HZnFSMHdDZ09hQ2p0TUlaazlXR2p1TDZ1dHlCcXc4cDNoREdtZmZSNVlSODgyMm5pT0ZpYk1fdw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmatrix.berkeley.edu" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener">https://matrix.berkeley.edu</a><span class= "style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">​</span><span class= "style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">