Globalization and the Sovereignty of the Nation-State The occurrence of globalization in the universe is a topic no person can hide from. Due to modern technology in transport and communication, contacts between people in different parts of the world have become much easier. Trading is now a world wide aspect of life. As technology makes it easier for interaction between far off countries, the politics and economy of these countries are subject to more and …
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…this. A large step in human advancement is discovering what globalization will do to the world. Sovereign statehood is not a timeless, natural condition. Politics operated without this organizing principle prior to the seventeenth century, and there is no reason why world history could not once again carry on without a system of sovereign states. The question of whether it will be negative or positive still remains though. Globalization and the Sovereignty of the Nation-State