Stvaranje nove države u eri globalizacije: korak u pravom smeru?
Creation Of A New State In Globalization Era: A Step In The Right Direction?

Summary/Abstract: The question of state formation should be associated with themore general debate about the role of the state in the globalizationera. In principle, most new states complicate international cooperation and often contribute to the destabilization of regional andglobal security, since their emergence is usually accompanied by violence. Newly-formed states are usually weak, do not succeed inmproving citizens' lives, and even if they do, this improvementcould have been made without creating a new state. Recognitionmechanisms reproduce anarchy and power politics, in a time characterized by the necessity for very close cooperation in order to handle global challenges. It is not enough to be assured that the statedoes not practise repression on its population, but that the statereally has the power to govern, that it can perform its functions,especially nowadays when the situation in other countries can beenormously impacted by state failure. States should sometimes becreated if this brings more benefits to the global polity, increases theeffectiveness of governance and if it does not augment violence orrisks, but more precise criteria should be defined, dependent on thewell-being of people and not of states. Global democratic bodieshave to take the main role in this process.

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