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“A combination of internal pressures (Ethnic and regional forces) and external threats (EU, UN, TNC, Global market, etc.) has produced what is commonly referred to as a ‘crisis of the nation-state’.” Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 10 marks
  • State in Comparative Perspective

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The nation-state joins Max Weber's state, holding a monopoly of legitimate force over a territory, to the nation, a community that believes it should rule itself. Its defining attribute is sovereignty. The "crisis" thesis, voiced by Kenichi Ohmae (The End of the Nation State, 1995) and Susan Strange (The Retreat of the State, 1996), holds…

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  • Pressure from below: ethnic and regional forces
  • Pressure from above: external forces
  • Crisis or transformation?
  • Conclusion
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