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

even managed to become smaller but more powerful (Fukuyama, 2008: 140) will also
serve as a safe haven for citizens <strong>of</strong> nation states.
Increase in the impact <strong>of</strong> the international and supranational associations in the
international system which the globalization caused them to emerge in the political area
has led to the restriction to the impact <strong>of</strong> the nation states. However, the situation that
should be considered here is nation-states' continuing their existence as the most
important actors <strong>of</strong> the system. Thus changing the nature <strong>of</strong> globalization and nation
states cause crisis in the nation states, in a way (Saribay, 1998: 15) this does not
eliminate the nation state’s having no alternative. From this point <strong>of</strong> view, nation-states
for a while they may seem trivial, and harmful to world order but the most important
factor establishing and supporting this order is still the nation state (Modelski, 2005:
24). After all, a stable supranational structure which continues its existence in the same
power as nation state has not still been developed (Jessop, 1994: 199).
<strong>The</strong>re is a change in the hierarchy <strong>of</strong> values <strong>of</strong> nation states with globalization. It
is necessary for nation state that it should renew its legitimacy and sovereigntyresources
in parallel to developments in human rights and it should develop mechanisms which
will rein itself. Because the historical past <strong>of</strong> the nation states shows that the nation state
has got flexible adaptation ability in terms <strong>of</strong> surviving. Forming these mechanisms
means that the nation state defers itself not nation state's being buffeted. It is difficult
for a state, whose activity area has narrowed and national identity has become doubtful,
to supply its legitimacy need with its old habits (Habermas, 2008: 102). In the past,
people used to find a close relationship between the state and violence (Lipson, 2005:
90). However, international system deems it necessary that the state should put a
distance between state and violence, even its own citizens, in the context <strong>of</strong> basic
human rights
It is observed that the development <strong>of</strong> the EU transactional structures causes the
gradual erosion <strong>of</strong> the concept <strong>of</strong> sovereignty (Barry, 2003: 72). However, the political,
economical and social events which emerge both in EU and other parts <strong>of</strong> the world
causes the improvement <strong>of</strong> nationalist movements by fostering racism and the increase
in the impact <strong>of</strong> the nation states (Modelski, 2005: 26).
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