demise of state legitimacy is globalisation the villain of the piece?
The legitimacy of the state has traditionally been a core element in how we understand the relationship between individuals and institutions in modernity. Its demise is therefore an important subject of analysis. The concept of globalisation has provided an important theoretical framework which expl...
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| Published in: | Groundings (Glasgow, Scotland) Vol. 2; pp. 30 - 48 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-09-2008
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The legitimacy of the state has traditionally been a core element in how we understand the relationship between individuals and institutions in modernity. Its demise is therefore an important subject of analysis. The concept of globalisation has provided an important theoretical framework which explains many of the profound challenges to the legitimacy, and even existence, of the state. However, this framework risks perpetuating modernity’s tendency towards oversimplification by focusing too much on the state in particular and geopolitics in general, over other sites and processes of governance. The complexities of the problems must be reflected in theories proposing to answer them. |
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| ISSN: | 1754-7474 1754-7474 |
| DOI: | 10.36399/GroundingsUG.2.266 |