Globalization Deminishes the Role of a State
Globalization Diminishes the Role of the State
Olga Kempi
Globalization is a controversial issue which is discussed in many spheres, such as politics, economics, culture, social sciences. It is an obvious phenomenon of contemporary world: events happening in some part of the world could be known in another in a few seconds. We are watching TV translations from different countries sitting on a couch in our room. People travel around the globe knowing what they are going to see, where to eat and what to do in seemed to be unknown country. People in the most of the states wear the same clothes and eat the same food. We all know that probably in every city we can find McDonalds or Subway, where we will not experience difficulties in ordering food, because we already know their menu. This is globalization from the point of view of the ordinary people and is seems to be a positive thing.
But what concerns state as political unity, playing a role on international arena, globalization could be more controversial. And on my opinion it reduces role of state both at international as well as on the national scene. Due to globalization new agents are coming into all spheres of life, including policy and economy, what makes it more complicated for government to control. Big corporations sometimes could play greater role on international arena then government. For example, Russian-Ukrainian gas disputes, which took place several years in a row at New Year’s eves. “These disputes have grown beyond simple business disputes into transnational political issues—involving political leaders from several countries” (AndriyK 2010).
There is no definition of state recognized by all and it is varies from author to author. But what is more important is to determine what a sovereign state mean, because it is sovereignty to be threatened by globalization. And some authors think that there is no state without globalization. “A Sovereign state is a state with a defined territory on which
Olga Kempi
Globalization is a controversial issue which is discussed in many spheres, such as politics, economics, culture, social sciences. It is an obvious phenomenon of contemporary world: events happening in some part of the world could be known in another in a few seconds. We are watching TV translations from different countries sitting on a couch in our room. People travel around the globe knowing what they are going to see, where to eat and what to do in seemed to be unknown country. People in the most of the states wear the same clothes and eat the same food. We all know that probably in every city we can find McDonalds or Subway, where we will not experience difficulties in ordering food, because we already know their menu. This is globalization from the point of view of the ordinary people and is seems to be a positive thing.
But what concerns state as political unity, playing a role on international arena, globalization could be more controversial. And on my opinion it reduces role of state both at international as well as on the national scene. Due to globalization new agents are coming into all spheres of life, including policy and economy, what makes it more complicated for government to control. Big corporations sometimes could play greater role on international arena then government. For example, Russian-Ukrainian gas disputes, which took place several years in a row at New Year’s eves. “These disputes have grown beyond simple business disputes into transnational political issues—involving political leaders from several countries” (AndriyK 2010).
There is no definition of state recognized by all and it is varies from author to author. But what is more important is to determine what a sovereign state mean, because it is sovereignty to be threatened by globalization. And some authors think that there is no state without globalization. “A Sovereign state is a state with a defined territory on which
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