SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 49: Nationstates, World Trade Organization, Gang Of Youths
12 Apr 2016
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Debate about the impact of political institutions on nation-states. The autonomy and sovereignty of nation-states is being undermined. State autonomy deinition--the capacity of nation states to choose their own political, economic and social policies. Nation states do not have complete autonomy over their own economic policies because those policies are to some degree determined by the international inancial markets and by organizations such as the world trade organization. State sovereignty deinition: the right of nation states to rule over their citizens. The european union has undermined the sovereignty of its member nation states by creating rules, laws and regulations which the member states must follow. The continuing importance of nation states: nation states retain a great deal of their autonomy and sovereignty. There are many diferences between the policies pursued by diferent nation states so they retain autonomy. For sovereignty, nation states rule over their own citizens through law and the use of force.
