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Nation state and the challenge of globalization: Project draft
- Source :
- Filozofija i Društvo, Vol 2002, Iss 19-20, Pp 77-101 (2002)
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- National Library of Serbia, 2002.
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Abstract
- This project draft discusses the issues facing a nation state in the dynamic processes of globalization. First, the term globalization is tentatively defined as a decentralized process of condensation and homogenization of space and time. Then, the ambivalent structure of the globalization discourse, i.e. its semantic and pragmatic dimensions, are shown. The neo-liberal viewpoint is explored of the erosion and weakening of the nation state within the global capitalist power, both in terms of its (state's) traditional functions, and in terms of its internal and external sovereignty. Against the neo-liberal thesis about the decline of the nation state many empirical arguments have been offered. Some of these are presented in this text. The main point of this argumentation consists in a general view that the decline of the nation state is strongly linked with the process of globalization. In view of the critical argumentation included in the paper, it is argued that in the environment of global processes only the societies which have a strong state behind them have a chance to succeed. Politics, not economy, still dominates international relations. Emphasis on state politics opens a new perspective in discussing the process of globalization. Current globalization processes cannot be judged accurately unless geopolitical interests and the changing balance of world power are understood. Finally, the paper points to the ideological nature of the neo-liberal discourse of globalization, questioning another basic assumption of the latter, namely, the idea that the process of globalization is at the same time a process of emancipation. By challenging the positing of a necessary link between globalization and emancipation we formulate a position that allows for a normative critique of current processes.
- Subjects :
- International relations
Sociology and Political Science
lcsh:Philosophy (General)
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ideology
geopolitical relations
Global politics
Cultural globalization
Philosophy
Globalization
Politics
State (polity)
Sovereignty
globalization discourse
emancipation
Political economy
Nation state
nation-state
Sociology
Economic system
lcsh:B1-5802
globalization
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23348577 and 03535738
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Filozofija i drustvo
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....96795e628ca45ddaa5df2f3a33dcf1bb