Role Of Globalization

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How Globalization Has Stimulated the Decreasing Roles of States
Globalization is a relative term that can be defined as a process of mutual interaction and integrations between governments, corporations, and the citizens within various nations. A state is an organized sovereign territory under one government that has acquired international recognition, comprised of institutions such as the judiciary, the executive, and the legislature. Non-state actors refer to the institutions involved indirectly in state affairs ranging from multinational corporations, global companies, on-governmental Organizations and World Bank. Even though Globalization can be seen as a positive phenomenon, its downsides can somehow challenge and effect states sovereignty in various ways. Globalization has led to an increased dependency ratio hence declining the state roles. Many of the global south countries have become socially, structurally, and economically dependent on world powers like the USA for military and financial aid. Globalization has involved the liberation in trade, investment, and finance due to minimal administrative obstructions; requiring the weaker states to obtain services from countries with comparative advantage (Laurence, …show more content…

Technological globalization has broken the barriers of countries in particular through media. As a result, states have experienced modern forms of threats like online piracy. Private corporations such as Gmail and YouTube have access to detailed personal data about citizens around the globe. Hence, the state has lost its role of protection of citizen privacy from manipulation of private corporations. Moreover, opinionated and manipulated facts are channeled by TV channels and Newspapers around the globe. As the CNN and the BBC are examples of the global media whose proven numerous times their biases and

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