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Debate about globalization has raised some serious questions about the
viability of the state. Jarrod Wiener argues here that there is a danger of
making generalizations that the state has lost authority across a range of
sovereignty issues. Concentrating on one aspect of sovereignty, that of protective
jurisdiction, Wiener examines the USA and the states of the European Union as
actors that are highly integrated into transnational practices, and takes
international banking, money laundering, and the Internet as case studies. Wiener believes that the challenge to sovereignty from these practices
comes from deregulation and liberalization of public policy, with the
consequent empowerment of civil society actors who are transnationally mobile.
In response, states are pursuing a two-fold strategy to assert control. The
first is "domestication", which is the formulation of municipal law to control
the activities of individuals and to localize control on the territory of the
state. The second process is that of "harmonization" of laws across borders,
which standardizes the means of controlling civil society actors. Debate about globalization has raised some serious questions about the
viability of the state. Jarrod Wiener argues here that there is a danger of
making generalizations that the state has lost authority across a range of
sovereignty issues.
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