Globalization and the nation-state

My task today is not an enviable one, for the twin subjects of my remarks - globalization and the nation state - have already been the focus of voluminous tracts by some of the keenest observers of the modern age. Yet one must address these issues,…

This article addresses the issue of whether the nation state has a future as a major locus of governance in an increasingly `globalized' economic and social system. It begins by considering the development of the sovereign state and argues that…

Globalization and the Nation State: Erosion from Above .... There is a growing view, approaching conventional wisdom, that the power of the nation state is eroding from above, by globalization, and from below, by devolution. Decades ago, in his book…

Abstract Consumers are now participants in a global market, and possibly in a cybermarket. Law can only protect them (or us-we are all consumers) through rules which are essentially national, and which can only be enforced within national…

Following and coinciding with a series of other izations such as rationalization, postmodern- ization, commoditization and mediatization, globalization is now a hot word in the social sciences. Theories of globalization are supposed to shed light on…

The main premise of this article is that globalization is both a universal phenomenon with common characteristic tendencies and a condition of plurality defined by the historical and geographical specificities of particular localities. This…

This dissertation has two goals. On the theoretical level, it intends to explain why so many people are "in want of" a nation at a time when the significance and efficacy of the nation-state is open to question due to the impacts of globalization.…

The article reviews the book "Globalization of Capital and the NationâState: Imperialism, Class Struggle, and the State in the Age of Global Capitalism," by Berch Berberoglu.

The adoption of laws across the US prohibiting legal recognition of same sex relationships since 2000 might be notorious, but this movement is not unique. In the same period, Senegalese authorities have arrested AIDS activists on charges of sexual…

The debate on whether or not the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and their intervention strategies area positive force for change in the developing world continues to rage. This book brings together an international team of contributors…