The Effect of Globalisation on Nation State: Extending the Nation ...

2.2. <strong>The</strong> Political <strong>Effect</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Globalisation</strong> on Nation State
<strong>The</strong> state was one <strong>of</strong> the (perhaps the only) actor keeping in hand the right <strong>of</strong>
sovereignty in modern times. In that time, even the use <strong>of</strong> individual right and
freedomsin social relations was granted and permitted by the state (Ağaoğulları,
1989:204). Fast technologic and economic developments caused to some changes in
international system and especially the state <strong>of</strong> the nation state.
Those changes in technology and economy have also affected the social,
political and cultural areas. On one hand, those changes veiled local, regional and
national differences with their generalising specialities (King, 1998: 30); on the other
hand, they allowed local specialities to be recognised in global size.
<strong>Globalisation</strong> process has a major affect on the statute and functioning <strong>of</strong> nation
state. This process has affected the thought <strong>of</strong> nation and somewhat eroded the thought
<strong>of</strong> state (Konak, 2011: 154) which once was indispensable and unavoidable. This
process has also a weakening effect on the decision making capabilities <strong>of</strong> governments
(Bauman, 2006: 11).Intoday’s world it is impossible to maintain nation state depending
its authoritarian source <strong>of</strong> modern and classic times. Decisions that once were taken
according to sovereignty and authority <strong>of</strong> nation states are not acceptable any more in a
globalised world (Korbin, 1977: 157-159). Internationalsociety does not accept such an
independent! Application as it does not suit to human rights and to the emerging global
understanding. Citizens <strong>of</strong> those states are also rejecting such applications because they
know with the help <strong>of</strong> communication technologies what is happening outside their
countries. What is happening in the Arab world, especially in Syriais quite dramatic and
a good example <strong>of</strong> this.
Liberalism which is a pushing power <strong>of</strong> globalisation emphasises on one hand
the importance <strong>of</strong> free market economies, on the other hand, it does emphasise the
protection <strong>of</strong> individual rights and freedom <strong>of</strong> citizens by the state (see,Heywood,
2011:86). Contrary to emerging times <strong>of</strong> nation state, Liberal ideology in a globalising
world has caused a decrease in the power <strong>of</strong> nation state (McMichel, 1996: 197-207)
and it has also made us question (Evans, 1997: 82-87). In this context, Nation states are
facing new social and political disturbances in national and global size (Rodrik, 1997:1-
6). As nation state sought to secure stability, it tried to use all means in order to create a
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