The Decline of the Concept of Nation-state in the Era of Globalization
Subject Areas :shohreh Jalalpur 1 , Keanosh Payfard 2 , Mohammad Fallah 3
1 - استادیار تاریخ، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شهرضا، گروه علوم سیاسی
2 - کارشناس ارشد علوم سیاسی دانشگاه خوارزمی
3 - کارشناس ارشد روابط بین الملل دانشگاه آزاد شهرضا
Keywords: Human rights, global culture, globalization, national governments, global citizenship,
Abstract :
Abstract: Globalization can be defined as a complex process in which the countries and societies of the world get more interconnected. Nowadays due to impact of globalization the international relations have expanded and the establishment and strengthening of international organizations have led to reduction of autonomy and sovereignty power of the states. The question arises her is what aspect of nation-state have been challenged by globalization? In what way the power and influence of the states have been weakened? The finding of the study which has been pursued by a descriptive-analytical method shows that expansion of new media has led to the formation of new concepts like global culture and global human rights and their acceptance by the peoples of the world have challenged national culture and sovereignty. In fact the advent of globalization with support of information revolution and delocalization and the emergence of the global human rights concept has limited the national boundaries and the absolute traditional hold on sovereignty. The requirement and implications of globalization have also challenged independence and national sovereignty of the states in favor of global culture. The supra-national and non-governmental organizations have gained more power than before. Hence we are witnessing the decline of the power of national governments. Of course it is to be noted that in international scene and interactions, the official actors are still national governments but gradually their power is decreasing and giving their place to supra national institutions.