Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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| Editors: Ali Farazmand

Globalization and Nation-States

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1298-1
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Synonyms

European union; Globalization; Global governance; Human rights; International criminal court; International law; International organizations; International relations; Nationalism; Nations; Non-governmental organizations; States; United nations

Introduction

Modern globalization is associated with an increased interconnected world where border crossing is the order of the day. International trade and migration, pandemics, natural resource management, and environmental risks represent global challenges that single nation-states can hardly handle on their own. One of the paramount questions today thus seems to be whether globalization has weakened the nation-state. Or has globalization rather contributed to the nation-state’s revival? How did nation-states emerge? And how does it relate to globalization? There has been much discussion about to what extent globalization has challenged nation-states or even made them superfluous in a supposedly more and more borderless and...

Keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility Security Council International Criminal Court Global Governance Multinational Company 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Global, Urban and Social StudiesRMIT UniversityMelbourneAustralia
  2. 2.Roskilde UniversityRoskildeDenmark