Abstract
Over the decades, scholarly discourses on sovereignty and globalization have been produced following various theories and numerous debates about the strength and weakness of the sovereign nation-state and globalization. In this paper, the various theories on the discourse of sovereignty and globalization are traced and placed into four categories as: contending paradigm, globalization paradigm, transformation paradigm and complementary paradigm. Both concepts, sovereignty and globalization, are explored by adopting the methodological framework, sources of explanation. The argument is that there is an intricate relationship between these concepts. To determine the relationship between sovereignty and globalization, three world systems were examined and it revealed that, globalization is born of the sovereign nation-state and that globalization can only be assert in the current sovereign world system and not the ones preceding it. The overall conclusion is that globalization emerged as a result of sovereignty and since the discourse of sovereignty and globalization is about the same space and its inhabitants, they are bound to be discursively set against each other if the discourse focusses solely on the phenomena seen as globalization. The forces of globalization and sovereignty need to be further researched into to be able to tell where they are leading us.
Highlights
Introduction and BackgroundThe question, what a sovereign nation-state is, remains a dispute in political discourse, the debate regarding the strength and weakness of the sovereign nation-state in relation to globalization continues unabated
To say that globalization is encapsulated in the sovereign nation-state, means, it is intricately embedded in the sovereign nation-state
Given that it is this relationship that generates the diversion and the new modes of operations and functions in the nation-state and at the same time globally. This close relation between state sovereignty and globalization needs indepth examination. It suffices to justify the hypotheses of this paper as stated above that globalization is encapsulated in the sovereign nation-state and that Sovereignty and globalization emerged as indispensable discourse
Summary
The question, what a sovereign nation-state is, remains a dispute in political discourse, the debate regarding the strength and weakness of the sovereign nation-state in relation to globalization continues unabated. Papers and articles have been produced over the past decades on the sovereign nation-state’s position and strength in an age that is deemed unprecedentedly globalizing. The various debates about the sovereign nation-state and globalization are traced and categorised into four paradigms as: Globalization paradigm: which claims the demise of the sovereign nation-state due to globalization. Contending paradigm: this contends that the sovereign nation-state remains as strong as before. Transformation paradigm: this argues that globalisation is transforming the current world political order. Complementary paradigm: which maintains that globalization is a complement to the sovereign nation-state.
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