GEOG 2200 Lecture : Week 8 Lecture 1 GEOG 2200 2013 Notes.docx
5 Jun 2014
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The current wave of globalization in markets, governance, and communications has increased interconnectedness between companies, states, and peoples worldwide. Indicators of structural changes affecting the role and autonomy of the nation-state, touched upon two weeks ago, range from the proliferation of international ngos and the expanding power of agencies like the. European union and united nations, to the rise of multilateral agreements regulating trade, human rights and environmental protection. The sovereignty and autonomy of the nation-state has been eroded, a process that has perhaps gone furthest within the european union. Many assume that the rise of global governance may have weakened traditional national identities, for good or ill, but skeptics suggest there are few grounds for this belief. Most studies of globalization have tended to focus on changes occurring in the economic and political spheres considering three questions. The question: are we moving towards a global citizen has been touched upon already.
