Globalization is the process of increasing the interconnectedness of the world, creating an ever-shrinking global community. Innovative technologies allow people to communicate and materials to be transported at never-before-seen speeds, with ever-decreasing costs. Hence, globalization naturally limits state 's power; it reduces state revenues, while consolidating political power in international institutions. Such institutions stand as more capable and comprehensive political organizations; creating international norms. However, nation-states are the key players in the two-level game of balancing domestic and international pressures, they are best positioned to represent domestic views on the international stage. States, …show more content…
Corporate taxes are not the principle source of nation-state revenue as Wade noted when reviewing the impacts of reducing corporate tax on government revenue: "taxes on labour income and spending are the predominant source of national revenue, the modern country 's income base seems quite safe."(Wade, 1996). The global supply chain reduces corporate taxes, but in exchange provides jobs and increases disposable income, which more than offset the revenue lost from reducing corporate taxes. The increased revenue from jobs creation and taxes on purchases made with disposable income allow governments to provide and maintain social …show more content…
Aside from the nonbinding nature of United Nation 's resolutions, it is not inconceivable to say that the United Nations would be capable of enforcing resolutions. This is particularly so if member nations were dissolved into a larger international body, as globalization reduces the divisions between people of nations. Conceptions of the dissolution of nations is not an uncommon conception. Samuel Huntington 's Clash of Civilizations (1993) suggests that as capitalism proliferates, ideologies and nation-states will become less relevant. In such a scenario, the United Nations may prove to be the most powerful and effective political body to represent those civilizations which may be divided across borders, currently suppressed by the norm of majoritarian representation. Nonetheless, to be representative and authoritative politically the United Nations must first be