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An 8 page research paper that discusses the relationship between globalization and the nation-state. This examination of a sampling of this literature and positions that are represented indicates that opinions are widely divergent on this topic, but—in general— scholars agree that the context and understanding of the nation-state is evolving. However, how to interpret and understand this evolution remains a matter of considerable debate and the writer comments. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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evolving geo-political climate and what was termed the "crisis of the nation-state, the eclipse of the state, the retreat of the state and even the end of the nation-state" (Barrow,
2005, p. 123). The central thesis of the various articles and books that were published at this time was the idea that "nation-states had lost control of their national economies,
currencies, territorial boundaries and even their cultures and languages" due to power shifts caused by globalization. Furthermore, globalization was viewed as a process that transferred power from governmental frameworks and
toward the realm of "the global market, transnational corporations and globalized channels of communication" (Barrow, 2005, p. 123). The following examination of a sampling of this literature and positions that
are represented indicates that opinions are widely divergent on this topic, but-in general- scholars agree that the context and understanding of the nation-state is evolving. However, how to interpret and
understand this evolution remains a matter of considerable debate. It has been proposed that political geography has traditionally taken a "state-centric" format in its conceptual organization and that
this framework will no longer be useful in evaluating the new transnational processes that that define globalization (Taylor, 2000). This state-centric perspective, which seems to be synonymous to the idea
of the traditional nation-state, includes the topic of how nationalism should be perceived. Basically, nationalism can be divided into two major categories: ethnic nationalism and civic nationalism. Ethnic nationalism
is based on the idea of a nation-state representing people who share a common genetic heritage and culture. In this concept of the "nation," true citizenship is something one is
born to and outsiders to this tradition are excluded. Civic nationalism, on the other hand, defines citizenship, that is, full inclusion with a political entity, as contingent on expressing loyalty
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