I support the claim that “globalization is not just about changing relations between the ‘inside’ of the nation-state and the ‘outside’ of the international system” (Brinkman and Brinkman 425). It is far much beyond this since it creates borderless world with overlapping playing fields, myriad multilayer intersections, creating players who have skills to work across these boundaries. Any single process cannot define globalization at all since it is a complex set of related processes distinct in nature. These processes may be social, economic, cultural and political that dominates the entire world.
With globalization, many ‘nation-state’ are no longer autonomous state as they used to be a few centuries ago. Normally, traditional nation-states have territorially demarcated area which they exercised some degree of authority with some organized political structure. Instead, it has created a borderless world with the emergence of a global society and global state. A global society comprises of people from different nation-states who do not associate themselves with any single state. The global state does not have any constitutional order although it is orderly and has some elements of the constitution (Brinkman and Brinkman 425). Although traditional nation-states still exist, globalization has led to the emergence of organizations that lacks territorial demarcated areas, but has large influence on the political, social, economic, and cultural lives of people in a certain region or the entire world. For example, organizations such as European Union, WTO, and UN among others have great influence on the global issues, yet they may lack any territorial demarcated areas. In addition, the global state also has organized political forces that are enabling it to implement its policies (James 208). For instance, international law has created global courts, police, military, and tribunals that are playing a crucial role in the emergence of global state though they heavily rely on the support of the nation-states.
Economically, globalization has created a world that is more free to trade with the fall of trade barriers among states. Local companies are able to access a wider market for their products since there no international trade barriers. This has also enabled them to generate new products and services as they acquire new technologies and other resources from different parts of the world. There is also an influx of foreign capital and companies that are helping to reduce the rate of unemployment especially in the developing nations. On the other hand, globalization can be termed as the “necessary evil” since it makes people lose their culture as they embrace the emerging global culture. Global consumers and local producers are currently facing unending threat as they their brands continue to vanish with the emergence of global brands. A brand acts as a guide to many consumers since it is a sign of quality that enable them to differentiate various products when they are making purchasing decision. However, with emergence of global brands, consumers are not able to differentiate many products that are offered by local and international companies. Many consumers nowadays prefer global brands in comparison to local brands. This is affecting local producers negatively especially those who are not able to enlarge their markets to enable them to compete globally with other producers from other parts of the world (Dimofte, Johansson, and Bagozzi 81). In conclusion, globalization has changed the operations of the nation-state as well as the international system. It has created a borderless world with limited trade barriers, global people, global states and culture as well as global brands.
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