TY - JOUR
T1 - Nation states, ideological power and globalisation: can geographers catch the boat?
AU - Jones, Martin Russell
AU - Jones, Rhys Alwyn
N1 - Jones, M., Jones, R. (2004). Nation states, ideological power and globalisation: can geographers catch the boat? Geoforum, 35 (4), 409-424.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - After a period of considerable and sustained hegemony, many commentators have argued that contemporary processes of globalisation are acting as a challenge to nation state sovereignty. The paper argues that geographers need to focus on the ways in which the nation state continues to act, albeit in a modified manner, within the era of globalisation. This might help to position geography within globalisation debates, which––according to Dicken [Geographers and `globalization': (yet) another missed boat? forthcoming, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2004]––we have not been centrally involved in. Drawing on the work of Michael Mann, we focus on a neglected dimension of state power––namely, its ideological form––as a means of exploring how the nation state is being differentially re-engineered under globalisation. Using Mann's classification of forms of ideological organisation, we deploy three vignettes in order to demonstrate the evolving nature of ideological power within the contemporary UK State.
AB - After a period of considerable and sustained hegemony, many commentators have argued that contemporary processes of globalisation are acting as a challenge to nation state sovereignty. The paper argues that geographers need to focus on the ways in which the nation state continues to act, albeit in a modified manner, within the era of globalisation. This might help to position geography within globalisation debates, which––according to Dicken [Geographers and `globalization': (yet) another missed boat? forthcoming, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2004]––we have not been centrally involved in. Drawing on the work of Michael Mann, we focus on a neglected dimension of state power––namely, its ideological form––as a means of exploring how the nation state is being differentially re-engineered under globalisation. Using Mann's classification of forms of ideological organisation, we deploy three vignettes in order to demonstrate the evolving nature of ideological power within the contemporary UK State.
KW - national state
KW - state power
KW - ideological power
KW - globalisation
KW - uk
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/8850
U2 - 10.1016/j.geoforum.2003.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.geoforum.2003.12.002
M3 - Article
SN - 0016-7185
VL - 35
SP - 409
EP - 424
JO - Geoforum
JF - Geoforum
IS - 4
ER -