МУЛТИКУЛТУРАЛИЗАМ ИЗМЕЂУ ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИЈЕ И НАЦИОНАЛНЕ ДРЖАВЕ
MULTICULTURALISM BETWEEN GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION STATE

Author(s): Vukašin Pavlović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Sociology, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Globalization
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: multiculturalism; globalization; nation state; market economy; media; Internet
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the double and basically contradictory influence of globalization on the policy of multiculturalism. On the one hand, rapid globalization processes expand the space and support for the policy of multiculturalism. This trend is particularly fostered by the development of the market economy and the mobility of capital and labour; the global influence of the media and networking via the Internet; the development of tourism and transport. On the other hand, under the pressure of globalization, tendencies towards disintegration and the establishment of new nation states become stronger. This trend has become apparent over the past several decades, both on European soil and in other parts of the world. This paper seeks to answer the key question of assessing the outcome of these two contradictory influences: whether the development of democracy is more certain and easier within the borders of a clearly defined and preferably homogenous nation state, or within a multicultural society with a heterogeneous national, ethnic and religious structure? Under the circumstances marked by deep and long-lasting structural crises of modern capitalist society it becomes increasingly difficult to answer this question.

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