The rise of a New Elite- The effects on state, nation, identity and democracy in a globalizing world
(2005)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The pressure from the contemporary globalizing world has put great stress on the nation-state and the institutions housed within it. The state has traditionally been legitimized internally either through the nation or through democracy. As a result of globalization new non-spatial based identities emerge that have other loyalties and access to networks outside the nation-state that the rest of the population does not have access to. These groups that do not primarily identify themselves with the nation-state could be seen as somewhat of a new elite since they have resources that the rest of the population does not have. Thus there is a gap between the masses, or those who still derive their primary identity from the nation-state, and the... (More)
- The pressure from the contemporary globalizing world has put great stress on the nation-state and the institutions housed within it. The state has traditionally been legitimized internally either through the nation or through democracy. As a result of globalization new non-spatial based identities emerge that have other loyalties and access to networks outside the nation-state that the rest of the population does not have access to. These groups that do not primarily identify themselves with the nation-state could be seen as somewhat of a new elite since they have resources that the rest of the population does not have. Thus there is a gap between the masses, or those who still derive their primary identity from the nation-state, and the elites who act within and through the globalizing world. If the elites do not identify themselves with the nation-state they do not identify themselves with the democratic institutions that the nation-state has become the primary carrier of. Öresundskomiteen serves here as a good example for these elites, both as a tool and as an arena for them. (Less)
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- author
- Tufvesson, Joel
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- globalization, identities, elites, nation-state, Öresundskomiteen, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1330473
- date added to LUP
- 2005-06-20 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-06-20 00:00:00
@misc{1330473,
abstract = {{The pressure from the contemporary globalizing world has put great stress on the nation-state and the institutions housed within it. The state has traditionally been legitimized internally either through the nation or through democracy. As a result of globalization new non-spatial based identities emerge that have other loyalties and access to networks outside the nation-state that the rest of the population does not have access to. These groups that do not primarily identify themselves with the nation-state could be seen as somewhat of a new elite since they have resources that the rest of the population does not have. Thus there is a gap between the masses, or those who still derive their primary identity from the nation-state, and the elites who act within and through the globalizing world. If the elites do not identify themselves with the nation-state they do not identify themselves with the democratic institutions that the nation-state has become the primary carrier of. Öresundskomiteen serves here as a good example for these elites, both as a tool and as an arena for them.}},
author = {{Tufvesson, Joel}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The rise of a New Elite- The effects on state, nation, identity and democracy in a globalizing world}},
year = {{2005}},
}