Globilization (Requires familurization with the book Globilization and State Power a Reader by Joel Krieger)

Running head : GLOBALIZATION AND STATE POWER

Globalization and State Power

Analysis on the Role of the State in the Emerging Global Community

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Introduction

As a relatively new concept in the context of social sciences globalization is the considerably the universal tool that embodies sets of processes that connect societies thus fragmenting and transcending the social structure it confronts (Krieger , 2005 . The state then serves as an indispensable institution under practically all projected contingencies , but does countenance new

and influential challenges to its foundational mandates mandates . The multifarious debates on globalization has increasingly centered on the relation of the nation-state to economic schemas . Although such connotation is gradually misbranded in rationale , either the nation-state or the inter-state classification is seen retaining its primacy as the axis of international relations and world development . The coining of strong state ' is it perceived that the state , having been considered as the bridge of globalization in a dualist construct that posits separate logics for an expanding economy and political system (Williams , 2002

In the international community , it can be observed that the states leaders , or other individuals who have the power in the international community has a large influence , either deliberate or unintentional over the decision of other states , leaders or other individuals . The affairs of every single nation can be noted as unique in many ways (Patterson , 2000 . Direct intervention from external elements such as the other states may very well diminish the sovereignty of a nation over its own territory . This is to say that every nation has a primordial reign over its own domain which guarantees - or ought to guarantee - the idea that the state is supreme in terms of power in its own land (Kacowicz , 1993 . But what happens to this power in the context of a large international community with varying degrees of capabilities resources and , ultimately , political power

Analysis on the social-spatial distinction and power of globalization

The socio-spatial distinction and power of globalization , which at hand is then inherited to the state , is apparently what makes globalization not only a tool for reaching almost all the corners of the globe , but including the long-term series effects which shall surface Consequently , how the state responds when globalization is escalating will have a noteworthy impact on its capability to retort when globalization falters . Since the state possess both governmental and corporate power , scholars point out the fact that corporate capitalism is the blood that keeps holds all nations and binds them up together despite the issue of diversity . Thus , it is through the philosophy of social justice that these factors are evaluated

Synthesis on the role of a state in the context of globalization

The sources of power in international relations can then be presumed to result primarily from the resources of the state or leader . These resources need not essentially correspond to financial resources for there are many other resources that can empower a state or a leader in international...