Globalization and Nation States
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В статье рассматриваются основные теории национализма в западном политическом дискурсе, анализирующие неоднозначность функций и вызовов для современной нации-государства. Рассмотрев ключевые этапы развития национализма в европейских... more
Closely associated with China’s growing prominence in international politics are discussions about how to understand Chinese history, and how such perspectives inform the way a stronger China may relate to the rest of the world. This... more
For much if not all of modern history, the spectacle of global politics has been pre-eminently dominated by sovereign nation-states, conceived as the supreme political agent, at all times autonomous and sovereign, to be challenged or... more
This provocation shows how five emerging digital citizenship regimes are rescaling European nation-states through a taxonomy: (i) the globalised/generalisable regime called pandemic citizenship that clarifies how post-COVID-19... more
This article entitled 'Cities & Nations' will be published in the June 2015 number of GrandPlace Journal shortly. The author argues that contemporary understanding of nations should include metropolitanisation processes in a new... more
“Throughout human history, perhaps even pre-human, there has been a tension between the need for order and the forces that cause change. That tension is greater now than ever, because, in our increasingly globalized world, the rate of... more
Op-Ed La Nación, 24 de enero de 2013 - Nota sobre la conversión de Argentina a Estado postnacional, debido a su decisión de gastar minimamente en armamento militar.
Abstract: The impact of British rule casts a long shadow over Irish history. While nationalist historians tended to blame Union with Britain for all the economic ills of the 19th century (O'Brien 1921), recent re-evaluations of both... more
Abstract One of the most important debates in the globalization process is on the issue of sovereignty. As it plays a decisive role in many areas with its positive and negative outputs, globalization has serious effects on the state... more
Κατά τον 21 ο αιώνα, οι απειλές για την εθνική ασφάλεια των κρατών έχουν αλλάξει άρδην μορφή και χαρακτήρα και εκπορεύονται πλέον από τρεις κύριες πηγές: τα κράτη, τους μη κρατικούς δρώντες και το (άναρχα και πολυπολικό) διεθνές σύστημα.... more
The impact of British rule casts a long shadow over Irish history. While nationalist historians tended to blame Union with Britain for all the economic ills of the 19th century (O’Brien, 1921), recent re-evaluations of both historical and... more
Globalization via the digital age is upon us, demanding a new ethics and an intercultural awareness while the dialectics of globalism and cyberspace mandate a committed reflection on what the synthesis between the digital realm and global... more
State sovereignty, in terms of the organisation and expression of political authority by nation states, is traditionally interpreted as a political container that is being weakened by increasing human and non-human mobilities. However... more
Academia should (ultimately and) inevitably overpass its disciplinary boundaries if engaging in knowledge exchange activities in order to tackle political and city-regional challenges. Despite the current post-Brexit scenario's... more
This panel organised by Dr Calzada and chaired by Dr Herrschel, has been accepted to be into the programme of UACES (The Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies) Conference in Bilbao. European regional context is being... more
This article aims to shed some light on the current debate of the independence in the European broad context that the author entitled 'Postindependence', by pointing out remarkable differences between EU nation-states such as the UK and... more
The article offers an overview of the push and pull factors characterizing the contemporary exodus from Italy (since 2012 the country has experienced a reversal in its migration flows since more people leave the country rather than... more
This provocation shows how five emerging digital citizenship regimes are rescaling European nation-states through a taxonomy: (i) the globalised/generalisable regime called pandemic citizenship that clarifies how post-COVID-19... more
The outbreaks of major pandemics have historically been associated with the proliferation of conspiracy theories. This article explores what role conspiratorial narratives have played in the development of different “imagined communities”... more
This paper has been presented in a panel by Dr Cormac Walsh in the 15th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conference
Cities, States and Borders: From the Local to the Global
Hamburg (Germany) – Sonderborg (Denmark) 17-20 May 2016.
Cities, States and Borders: From the Local to the Global
Hamburg (Germany) – Sonderborg (Denmark) 17-20 May 2016.
In the modern world, as states find it increasingly difficult to manage their territories, politically and economically, territory – in a new form understood as the ‘city-region’ – has re-emerged as an important element in political life.... more
This paper argues that new city-regional configurations are emerging and establishing a regional order beyond nation-states, not only as a consequence of certain nationalistic political devolution claims but also due to the economic... more
This article explores the failure of democratic nation-states to regulate corporate Internet intermediaries who essentially provide access to websites containing illegal and legal pornographic content. Existing literature credits this... more
Technology & Orwellian visions of NGOs