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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450912003321

Titolo

Mastering globalization : new sub-states' governance and strategies / / edited by Guy Lachapelle and Stephane Paquin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-27661-3

1-280-28870-1

9786610288700

0-203-08686-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Routledge series in regional and federal studies, , 1363-5670 ; ; 15

Altri autori (Persone)

LachapelleGuy <1955->

PaquinStephane

Disciplina

327.1/01

Soggetti

Globalization

Nation-state

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Politics, economics, and justice; 2 Globalization and the rise of super territoriality; 3 Local reponses [sic] to the globalizations of our era; 4 Globalization and international security; 5 Why do sub-states and regions practice international relations?; 6 Sub-state governments in international arenas; 7 Globalization, welfare solidarity and sub-state governance; 8 Sub-state strategies in an era of globalization and the information technology revolution; 9 Multiple identities and global meso-communities

10 Accommodation in Europe and North America11 Ethnonational minority identities in France; 12 Multiple identities and self-government in the Basque Country; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary globalization is transforming and undermining the role of the nation-state, causing it to lose its grip on both the national economy and identity. This is a penetrating analysis of this phenomenon and an explorationn of how governments - national, regional, local, global city-regions - can respond.This original selection



of essays discusses the impact of globalization on nation-states and the international system, the consequent political and sociological fragmentation of nations, and the rise of multiple identities within those nations. These essays uniquely inve