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Discuss the impact of globalization on the internal functioning of the state.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 10 marks
  • Globalisation

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The Westphalian state claimed supreme control over what happens within its territory and what crosses its borders. Susan Strange (The Retreat of the State, 1996) argued that where states were once masters of markets, markets now master states. Inside the state, though, the record shows reorganisation more than retreat.

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