La soberanía perdurable.

Abstract

This article examines the ways in which current processes of globalization undermine the sovereignty of the nation-state. Within this context, four types of sovereignty are analyzed (interdependence, internal, Westphalian and legal-international). It is concluded that new processes and actors generated by globalization have yet to affect all types of sovereignty in a determínate fashion, while they have alsofaüed to créate new structures capable ofreplacing the state. According to the author, both sovereignty and the nation-state have confronted more serious threats throughout history than those being faced at present, with which the article concludes that prognoses concerning the death of the nation-state in the current international system may well be mistaken.

Keywords

• nation-state
• sovereignty
• autonomy
• international system.