Will the Nation-State Survive Globalization?

Wolf, Martin

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“…In both cases, however, the state is seen as a prerequisite for the functioning of civil society. It is impossible not to observe that the most favourable institutional environment for civil society is created by democracy, to which the impact of globalisation, as in the case of a state, can hardly be considered positive (Scholte 2000, Wolf 2001, Held 1997.…”

Section: Civil Society and Globalisationmentioning

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The Paradox of Global Civil Society

Dzwończyk

2017

KREM

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The article presents the issue of global civil society, which is often regarded as a kind of remedy for global problems. It has been pointed out that civil society is inextricably linked with the institution of the state, as well as democracy, which is not conducive to globalisation. As a strictly verbal structure, the global civil society cannot actually be brought into existence, mainly due to the lack of a universal / global axiological foundation. Referring to attempts to create a global civil society, the author points out that it can become a construct that exists ostensibly to address problems which could be addressed by entities with a real ability to act, but which cannot or do not want to. These are problems best not ignored. Referring to Roland Robertson's concept of glocalisation, I stress the need to re-evaluate the local-global relation, which I believe will reduce the negative effects of globalisation through the local activities (i.e. operating at the level of the nation-state) of civil societies.

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Section: Civil Society and Globalisationmentioning

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The Paradox of Global Civil Society

Dzwończyk

2017

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“…Globalization has also greatly diminished the capacity of national governments to set and enforce meaningful social, economic and environmental standards (Falk, 1999;Sassen, 1996;Wolf, 2001). Globalization has not only encouraged the growth of large multinational corporations, some of whom control budgets that are larger than the budgets of most national states, it has also entailed the emergence of vast international financial markets that defy effective regulatory control (Alexander, Dhumale and Eatwell, 2006: 3).…”

Section: Reallocating Responsibilities Between the State And The Marketmentioning

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Being Virtuous and Prosperous: SRI’s Conflicting Goals

Richardson

Cragg

2010

J Bus Ethics

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“…Stigliz (2003) discusses the diminishing economic role of national institutions under globalization to make the financial system more integrated. Wolf (2001) gives the practical example from financial area mentioning the impossibility of controlling the taxation by a single government since people are increasingly purchasing products in other country via internet to avoid paying taxes. Furthermore, when discussing competitive supragovernmantal regulation such as global private standards, Meidinger (2008:526) discusses the potential of such superagovermental force falling into imperial claim: "activists from wealthy countries threaten to get their consumers to boycott commodities that do not meet their standards, thus forcing producers in developing countries to conform to developed country standards".…”

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Compliance with the private standards and capacity building of national institutions under globalization: new agendas for developing countries

Iizuka

Bourbon-Galvez

2009

2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy

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There are two assumptions regarding regulatory instruments under the globalizing economy. These are:(1) increasing role of private standards in shaping the economic activities of developing countries; and (2) diminishing role of national institutions in "open" and "liberal" markets. In other words it was considered that global private standards would eventually replace already weak or absent national and local institutions in developing countries. The purpose of our paper is to suggest an alternative interpretation to this widely held view about national regulations and institutions in developing countries under the 'new standard regime' in the food and agricultural sector where the regulatory framework is traditionally stronger at national level.The role of national regulatory institutions is considered to diminish as the countries compete in the "open" and "liberal" global market since firms are obliged to comply with global private standards. Instead, we have observed cases in developing countries which demonstrate an opposite phenomenon. In these cases, the local and national institutional capacity had actually being enhanced through learning in the "open" and "liberal" market at global level. In other words, we discovered that while the global (private) standards intend to control and shape the economic activities in developing countries through value chains, the local institutions also were transformed in a co-evolutionary manner to sustain the viability of existing local economic activities. This paper hence tries to illustrate our argument with cases from developing countries to demonstrate how the process of adapting to survive in the 'new regime'-compliance to global (private) standards-may have positive impacts on national and local institutions. Moreover, we intend to highlight some common features of transitions which are taking place in regulatory frameworks within the context of a global 'new standards regime' (public-private regulations).We will discuss the following cases of standards compliance and their impacts on enhancement of national and local capabilities: (1) the salmon farming industry in Chile, (2) and the fresh agricultural products in Mexico. These cases illustrate the complex interactions between global standards (both private and public-private) and national and local institutions. As the cases are slightly different, the comparison brings about interesting dimensions in illustrating institutional capacity building 'trajectories' from both private and non-private standards.

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Will the Nation-State Survive Globalization?

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The Paradox of Global Civil Society

The Paradox of Global Civil Society

Being Virtuous and Prosperous: SRI’s Conflicting Goals

Compliance with the private standards and capacity building of national institutions under globalization: new agendas for developing countries

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