Examine the political consequences of globalisation.

The political consequences are:

(i) At the simple level, globalisation results in the erosion of state capacity i.e.. the ability of the government to do what they do. All over the world, the old' welfare state' is now giving way to minimalist state that performs certain core functions such as the maintenance of law and order and security of its citizens. In place of welfare state, it is the market that becomes the prime determinant of economic and social priorities.

(ii) Secondly it may be stated that globalisation does not always reduce state capacity. The primacy of the state continues to be the unchallenged basis of political community. The old jealousies and rivalries between countries have not ceased to matter in world politics.The state continues to discharge its essential function and conciously withdraws from certain domain which it wishes to.

(iii) Thirdly in some areas the state capacity has received a boost with enhanced technologies available at the disposal of the state. It can now collect different type of the information about its citizens and can rule in a better way. As a result of technology, the states have become more powerful than they were earlier.