Metanationals-Transnationals as a Political Form: Corporate Sovereignty in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy
Clifford Angell Bates
The Emergence of Metanationals Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy presents a near-future history in which transnational corporations rise to power and assume the roles of sovereign states. The story begins in the mid-2020s and extends to the 22nd century. In this world, traditional nation-states...