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This 7 page paper examines the argument that globalization undermines and erodes sovereignty of the nation state. The paper examines the concept of sovereignty and then looks at the way it may be eroded by supranational bodies, such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization. The paper also considers the increased economic integration and interpedently of the global economy as an influence. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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form of democratic or non democratic rule. However, as globalisation increases it can be argued that agreements which are made with commitments to abide by wider agreements as well
as the ability of power to be wielded by economic means can result an undermining and overriding of sovereignty. There is little doubt of the increasing power of super-national organisation,
from the United Nations to the World Trade organisations and the International Courts. To consider the impact these have on sovereignty we first need to consider what is meant by
sovereignty and then consider the way globalisation, including but not limited to super-national or multinational organisations will have on sovereignty. It has already been hypothesised that with the many non
nation state influences the actual role and power of sovereignty is under constant renegotiation (Biersteker and Weber, 1996). Sovereignty is more than
simply power, it is the concept of the sole legal jurisdiction over the nation or area. The concept of sovereignty can be traced back to Jean Bodin of the sixteenth
century as a supreme authority that is in a political community. This is not the popular concept as it is seen today, but was the beginning (Biersteker and Weber, 1996).
Todays concept of sovereignty and the social contract where sovereignty and citizenship are interlinked and required for the functioning of society can be traced to the seventeenth and
eighteenth century with philosophers such as Hobbes and Rousseau. In Hobbes Leviathan stated he believed that the main and only task of any political community was to name a leader,
either as an individual or a group, who would have absolute power and that sovereignty is only momentary. (Biersteker and Weber, 1996). This concept is one that results with each
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