The State

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The State
The original state role was created
from the Westphalian System,
portraying the state as the highest
power with complete sovereignty, with
an internal role to provide to and
govern for the people of the state and
an external role as an actor in world
politics;
Westphalian
System
It was a framework of governance, where
stood the principles of statehood and
sovereignty.
It is the system of international relations,
established in Europe in connection with
the Peace of Westphalia, signed in 1648
after the Thirty Years’ War.
 Westphalian
System
Statehood meant that the world divided
into territorial parcels, each of which was
ruled by a separate government.
It was moreover sovereign, that is, it
exercised comprehensive, supreme,
unqualified and exclusive control over its
designated territorial domain.
Basic
Principles
The absolute state sovereignty over its
territory

Formal equality of status of all states and

de facto control over a certain territory as
the only recognized principle of
legitimacy

Relationship between citizens and the

state are only regulated by national
legislation

Right to self-defense
the state Max Weber
A state is a system of administration and law which is
modified by state and law and which guides the
collective actions of the executive staff; the executive
is regulated by statute likewise, and claims authority
over members of the association (those who
necessarily belong to the association by birth) but
within a broader scope over all actively taking place
in the territory over which it exercises domination”.
 The Transformation of the
State
FIRST SECOND THIRD
VIEW VIEW VIEW

It argues that the The changes taking place It argues that both the
changes taking place are are not really new; nor are ‘retreat’ and the ‘state-
a serious threat to the they very different from centric’ stance provide
power and autonomy of what has happened earlier; insights, but also
the state. states remain strong, with contain serious
special powers. shortcomings.
What is the role
of the State in
Globalization?
Political
Globalization has changed the role of the state politically because of strengthened
interstate relationships and dependence on one another.

This has led to increasingly similar jurisdictions across states and to power being
seen as economic rather than political progress.

Thus, the state’s role has changed from being an authoritative figure to a dependent
figure relying on others making decisions or making decisions based on other’s
beliefs.
Social
Globalization has had a problematic effect, making people and states more at risk
and causing the state’s role to change to encompass solving these issues and
becoming a protector rather than a controller.

Terrorism is a new controlling power with its own network system, showing a
decrease in the role of the state socially, as people are creating their own authorities
to control their people and take over the role of the state.
Social
The state has also had an important role to play in combating further spreading of
this disease by ‘activating their public health systems, both individually and
through regular intergovernmental consultations

The state’s role in this area should be further enhanced as a vital method to stop
future spreading of AIDs through education, provided by positive relationships
between developed and non-developed states.
Technology
The media is a major factor: worldwide newspapers and television stations are now
commonplace, creating the impression of the world being one state and raising
awareness of events elsewhere in the world because states are no longer separated.

The state’s role has changed due to the forming of an interstate shared media
because it now has reduced control over the information being provided to the
state’s people.
Technology
The increased use of the internet is a second aspect of technological advancements
affecting the state’s role.

The state can no longer control all in-state language and education due to the global
mass media and, as a result, the state is now not completely relied on for educating
its citizens.
Economy
Globalized economic changes have a substantial effect on the state’s role. The
global economy has been created by online banking, stock markets and, largely,
global franchises.

National economies have had a downturn due to the global economy’s development
and strengthening interstate relations.

The state no longer controls currency because of intangible assets and importation
as well as online and electronic banking and a shared currency between many
states.
Thus,
Globalization has changed the role of the state in many ways: politically through
interdependence and independence of states, socially through the problems and
threats of terrorism and deadly diseases, technologically through the media and
internet and economically through the change from national to global economies.
Thus,
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Globalization is often seen to have lowered the importance of the state, but in the
end, the states that will remain the most successful in the face of globalization is
those who adapt to the changes their role makes.
Charles
Darwin
‘It is not the strongest of
the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent,
but rather the one most
responsive to change.’