Globalization and the Nation-State

Introduction Understanding Globalization: History and Representation in the Emergence of the World as a Single Place The Global Economy: Organisations, Networks and Regulatory Arrangements Is the Nation State Finished? The Challenge of Globalization Towards a Global Polity? Nationalism and Ethnicity: Obsolete Relics, Anti-Global Trends or Key Components of the Global Field What is Happening to Culture? Homogenisation, Polarisation or Hybridisation Conclusion Bibliography Index