1 State and globalisation Flashcards
(C) Cultural globalisation
Growing transmission of ideas, meaning, and values around the world.
(C) Economic globalisation
The increasing integration of national economies to create a single global economy of cross-border movement and trade in goods, services, capital and technology.
(C) Global governance
Broad and complex process of decision making at a global level.
(C) Globalisation
Emergence of a complex web of interconnectedness in many forms.
(C) Homogenisation and monoculture
Coming together of global cultures and development of a single, homogenous culture without diversity or dissension.
(C) Interconnectedness
Mutual reliance of two or more groups.
(C) Nation State
Autonomous political community held together by citizenship and nationality.
(C) Non-state actors
Participants in international relations with significant power and influence, which are not states.
(C) Political globalisation
Growing importance of international organisations.
(C) Sovereignty
Absolute and unlimited power and authority.
(C) World government
Idea of a common political authority with legislative and executive power over states.
(NC) Nation
A group of people who self-identify as belonging to the same group or community with a strong sense of unity.
(NC) State
A political association that established sovereign jurisdiction within defined territorial borders.
(NC) Internal (National) Sovereignty
The notion of supreme power/authority within the state, located in a body that makes decisions that are binding on all citizens, groups and institutions within the states territorial borders.
(NC) External sovereignty
State (external) sovereignty refers to the capacity of the state to act independently and autonomously on the world stage. It implies that states are legally equal and that the territorial integrity and political independence of a state in inviolable.
