Nation-state—Object or Actor in Global Economic Processes? Cover Image

Państwo narodowe – przedmiot czy podmiot gospodarczych procesów globalnych?
Nation-state—Object or Actor in Global Economic Processes?

Author(s): Jarosław Wojciech Górski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Territorial State Sovereignty; Autonomy of States in the Economic Policy; The State as Actor in Economic Globalization

Summary/Abstract: The vigorous discussion about the economic dimension of globalization is accompanied by equally intense debate about its impact on state institutions. Globalists,1 especially those with a negative attitude to globalization, contend that the latter is a force weakening the authority exercised by the state and ist traditional responsibilities. According to this view, as a result of cross-border economic flows the state is losing the ability to maintain effective control over what is happening within its territory. Due to the erosion of formal structures and national governments’ loss of authority the state is ceasing to be an effective form of social organization capable of either assuring its citizens enjoyment of the benefits of globalization or taking steps to ward off global threats.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 37-59
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish