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1、TheWorldMarket,NationalStatesandPoliticalOrderBobJessop*TheconferencesessionatRitsumeikanUniversityfromwhichthispaperderivesaddressedtherelationbetweenglobalizationandthestate.Thishasbecomesuchafamiliartopicineconomicandpoliticaldebatethatithaslostthecriticalcuttingedgethatitoncehad.Indeed,
2、‘globalization’istoochaoticaconceptandthe‘state’istooabstractaconcept,tosupportsolid,testablearguments.Thissituationarisesbecauseoftheconfusiongeneratedbycommentatorsandtheoristsfromthefactthatsomanydifferentperspectiveshavebeenexploringglobalization,theproblemsthatitallegedlycreatesfornati
3、on-statesand/ornationalstates,andtheprospectsforaworldstate,globalgovernance,orworldsociety.Becauseitisimpossibleinashortcontributiontosurveyonlythemostimportantapproachesandarguments,letaloneallofthem,thispaperwillpursueamorerestrictedsetofobjectives.Itfocusesontheconnectionsbetweentheform
4、ationoftheworldmarketandtheformationofnationalstatesandthenconsiderstoday’sneo-liberalglobalcapitalismandtheproblemsthatitcreatesforpoliticalorder.Itpaysparticularattentiontotheemergentlogicoftheworldmarket,theprospectsofaworldstate,andtherealityofworldsociety.Theconflictinglogicsofthesesph
5、eresposesaseriesofproblems,boththeoreticalandpractical,onhowmeta-stability,ifany,canbesecuredonaglobalscale.Irelatetheseproblemstothe‘ecologicaldominance’oftheworldmarketwithallitscontradictionsandcrisis-tendencies,i.e.,toitscapacitytocausemoreproblemsforotherpartsofworldsocietythantheycaus
6、eit.Whetherthereisasolutiontotheseproblemsisdiscussedintheclosingsectionsofmycontribution,whichaddressthenatureofworldsociety,globalcivilsociety,andquestionsofinstitutional１）designforabetterfuture.ThusIfirstexploreglobalizationasacomplex,incompleteprocess,notingitstemporalaswellasspatialmom
7、ents;andthenproposeamorefocusedalternativeinthe＊ProfessoratLancasterUniversity,FacultyofArtsandSocialScience.１）Thispaperdrawsheavilyonotherpapersandbooksofminetowhichreferenceshouldbemadeforamplificationandsupportoftheargumentdevelopedhere.15BobJessopMar
