Globalizacija, nacionalno društvo kao zajednica građana i demokratije
Globalization, national society as a community of citizens and democracy

Summary/Abstract: Subject of analysis in this paper is the sociological study of globalisation in regard to the national society as a community of citizens. In contemporary debates on globalization several different directions of opinions have been differentiated on each of several different levels, which certainly affected the subject of these discussions to be one of the most complex field of sociological interest and study. When it comes to these differentiated lines of thought, that is. understanding, interpretation and explanation, the first part of this paper exhibits a theoretical approaches to the phenomenon of globalization the following authors: Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and George Ricer. Globalization is defined as a connection of national societies in a single unit. The national societies are viewed as a community of citizens. In the second part of the paper, the analysis is focused on contemporary national society as a community of citizens – a society in which citizens’ relationship unites individuals; the society, which is part of the consociative/consensual democracy and the parliamentary system. In this context, the third and fourth part of work discuss the impact of globalization on democracy in national societies as communities of citizens and correlation: globalisation – the national society as a community of citizens.

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