This article starts from the assumption that the current process of globalization or
denationalization leads to the formation of a new structural conflict in Western European
countries, opposing those who benefit from this process against those who tend to lose in
the course of the events. The structural opposition between globalization 'winners' and
'losers' is expected to constitute potentials for political mobilization within national political
contexts, the mobilization of which is expected to give rise to two intimately related …

The political consequences of the process of globalization are manifold. On the one hand,
this process leads to the formation of new channels of political representation at the
supranational level and opens up new opportunities for transnational, international, and
supranational political representation and mobilization (Della Porta, Kriesi and Rucht 1999).
On the other hand, these same processes have profound political implications on the
national level.