is globalization. But what does globalization mean? Does it mean dissappearing borders,

a common trade unit, no tax in trade abroad, political awareness across the world, or, in

extremes, even interfering with other countries' domestic affairs? In some ways

globalization may be useful in creating a common sense of "world citizenship", but useful

to what extent? What are the possibilities, advantages and risks of such "world

citizenship"? Are the United Nations and the European Union, stepping stones to

globalization? Disappearing borders, in the economic meaning of the term can most

clearly be seen today in Europe. The European Union restricts taxes on trade between

members. Taking a step further the EU have decided on a common currency, the "Euro" ,

which became available at the beginning of 1999. This currency may economically be

more functional but what aboutnational pride? All trade units display a country's well

known heros or great personalities of them that the citizens respect for. How are the

citizens going to respond to this kind of change time will show but nobody can say

European countries are not nationalistic. There is a strong evidence on the

being human and/or inhabiting the planet, without any choice in the matter. In its central

World-nationalism: normative globalism as pan-nationalism

international affairs. Such strength of some countries have led them to interpret the term

war, the Korean war, the independence of India, the Iran Iraq war, the Gulf war,... to

equivalence can be so stated: nationalism has as a central political demand the

imperial China to the communist China, the rise of the Tiger Economies, the Vietnam

and nationalism. Governments shoul take special care against cultural erosion and stop

may seem to be getting along well for the time being because of fairly smilar economic

http://www.stephweb.com/capstone/3.htm Political and socio-economical changes CNN

not stopped will continue until cultural erosion destroys cultural diversity over the world.

civilized part of the world- because of Germany's belief in its national superiority. This

most important role in a state's political policies. Trade became one of the main incomes

establishment of a state on a territory, exclusive of other states on that territory, populated

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