As the new millennium approaches, we realise that we live in a
truly 'global' world of dense and ever-increasing inter- and
transnational economic, political and cultural interdependence. Yet
globalization is a contradictory process. Processes of global
integration and interdependence are unfolding together with
processes of fragmentation and regionalization. Disintegration and
fragmentation of political, economic and cultural structures that
spur local and regional conflicts and dislocations are
counter-balanced by moves towards unification, integration and
co-operation. The empirical analysis of these processes and the
emergent local, regional and global structures will become the main
challenge to the social sciences in the years to come.
This book offers a contribution to this task. Its main focus is
the question as to how the state in Europe has been implicated in,
and affected by, globalization. It places the interactions between
globalization and the European state in a historical perspective,
going back to the age of discovery and the formation of the modern
state, yet it also addresses the complexities and uncertainties of
the current age. Distinguished scholars from political science,
international relations, sociology, philosophy and history -- all
of whom have been specially commissioned to write a contribution
for this book -- approach the unfolding dynamics of this 'age of
transition' from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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