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“Globalization involves deterritorialization.” Examine with reference to the nation-state.

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  • Politics and Society

Deterritorialization means that social relations, cultures and identities come loose from a fixed place. John Tomlinson (Globalization and Culture, 1999) calls it the weakening tie between culture and territory. Anthony Giddens (The Consequences of Modernity, 1990) explains it through time-space distanciation and the disembedding of social relations from local contexts. The nation-state rests on sovereign…

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