POL200Y1 Lecture : The End of the Nation-State [March 26th].docx
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Nationalism is a product of industrial society recap. Primary allegiances shift from nation-state to something above that. European coal and steel community they started small = 1951 france, Germany, italy, belgium, netherlands and luxembourg signed all of this needed for military industry taking the implements of war that nation states control. State interests: german economic power and french political influence. Idea: unite economies and then you unite state ideas if your economies link up then their politics link up. It quickly became apparent to everyone that everything needs to be regulated 1957 the. Treaties of rome 1957 eec and euratom. Today called european union from 6 to 27. Fair grounds of competition and a level playing field you needed to incorporate all factors not just economics. It means that even if governments sign the treaties at nations states and create by them being agents, they still lose.