Does a nation-state has a future ?

The nation-state that self identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as
a sovereign entity for a country as a sovereign territorial unit. The state is a political
and geopolitical entity, the nation is a cultural and/or ethnic entity. The term nationstate implies that the two geographically coincide, and this distinguishes the nationstate from the other types of state, which historically preceded it.
The concept of a nation-state is sometimes contrasted with citizen state.
For proponents of the traditional study of international relations most especially
those originating from the realist and neorealist schools of thought there is one
primary unit that determines the way we interact globally. This unit is the nation-state,
an amalgamation of nation (one people) with state (one government).
These nation-states interact with each other, be it through war or trade in a
relationship that is theoretically simple. Each nation-state is equal in terms of having
sovereignty (self-determination) and the sole right to use legitimate force inside its own
borders. Actors in the international system such as transnational businesses,
international governmental organisations (IGOs hereafter) and international
nongovernmental organisations (INGOs hereafter) have significantly less importance
than the nation-state. They represent the low politics of trade and business and
temporary agreements compared to the high politics of the nation-state, with its role
of protecting its sovereignty from attack, and of maintaining stability inside its borders.
In a world of anarchy, nation-states provide oases of security and stability in which
non-state actors have the ability to operate.
A principal factor who affects the future of a national state is Globalisation affects the
traditional conception of world organisation. Whether globalisation is understood as an
example of increasing global capitalism - the success of the neo-liberal economic
project - or as a deeper and more complex example of increased interconnections of
politics, culture and finance globally, it suggests that the world is not a collection of
states floating in a sea of anarchy.
The construction of the nation: Genesis and future of the national state within the
world-system
To forecast the future of the nation state as it exists in the international system, it is
necessary to clarify the principle role of states and their national legitimacy. The world
economy is no self-adjusting or stable structure, but a system of compulsions, which is
bordinated to its inherent contradictions. From a global point of view, it is necessary
that the control of capital, which circulates in the process of accumulation, is occurring
from the core; but the manner in which capital concentration takes leads to permanent
conflict .

The answer to the question regarding the future of the nation state seems to be
obvious: The future of nation state depends on the ability of adaptation, its constructed
legitimizy and the current logic of capital accumulation. In other words: On the one
hand, in areas, where economic cores within state structures form a political
periphery , on the other hand, in areas where domestic fragmentation has been there is
pacification be reckoned with.
The future of the nation state in an era of globalisation is clearly contested. We have
three distinct possible paradigms presented above, ranging from nation-state
dissolution to its continuation in a relatively unchanged form . In a future perfect
globalisation, we would almost certainly see the end of the nation-state in favour of a
world state or localized polity. In a future devoid of international and regional bodies,
we would almost certainly see the continuation of the nation-state in something similar
to its current form. Both futures appear unlikely.
The future of the nation-state in an era of globalisation is a topic pertinent to all the
people who live inside a state, and is an increasingly important subject as global
tendencies play an expanding role in the political rhetoric of our day .

Essay made by :
Dumitrascu R.Greti
Specialization:European and American Culture
Year: II

Essay:

Does a nation-state has a future ?

Acomplish by : Dumitrascu R. Greti

Specialization:European and American Culture
Year : II

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