Lukas Kantor

Abstract

As a contribution to several social sciences, this paper focuses on significant, but under-researched Bilderberg Group as a prominent private network, which serves for annual meeting and coordinating of the Euro-Atlantic elites. The article extends the current knowledge by investigating the last seven Bilderberg conferences from 2010 to 2016. Based on fresh data from new official Bilderberg website, the study provides both quantitative and qualitative insights into the composition of recent Bilderberg attendees as well as into the topics discussed. These empirical findings are explained as validation of neo-Marxist theory of the transnational capitalist class as advanced by critical sociologists and members of the Amsterdam school of International Relations.

Keywords

Bilderberg Group, Transnational Capitalist Class, Elites, Social Networks, Transatlantic Relations, Globalization

From: Critiquer 2017 45 (1-2)

Editor: Wang Yi