Globalization and the Future of National State

Abstract

Globalization, understood as new forms of interaction between men and institution worldwide, under the growing impact of new technologies and the transformation of world politics, has a great impact on nation-states. There are several theories on the impact of globalization on national states – from the hyper globalist perspective, national states are obsolete; froma sceptical perspective, we still live in a world of sovereign states;from the transformational perspective, states are still important, but share power with other international and regional institutions.

Keywords

• globalization
• democracy
• nation-state
• human rights
• economy
• minorities and communication