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Do you think that the modern nation-state has been declining in the wake of globalization? Justify your answer.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Theories of the State

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The modern nation-state fuses Max Weber's territorial monopoly of legitimate force with a community claiming the right to govern itself. My answer is a qualified no. It has lost autonomy in some domains — control of capital, monetary independence, exclusive jurisdiction — while its capacity and assertiveness have grown in others. Decline is real chiefly…

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  • What Would Count as Decline
  • The Case for Decline
  • The Case Against
  • India: The Assertive State-Nation
  • Weighing the Evidence
  • Conclusion
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