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This paper discusses how globalisation has had a constituent impact upon political processes to a degree that indeed questions whether democracy and freedom are now under seismic attack. In order to exemplify the key debates and trends that are taking place, the paper examines the key characteristics of globalisation and the degree to which it has impacted upon the traditional democratic actor, the nation state.

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"Although commentators such as Morris & Waisbord (2001) have questioned the degree to which nation state power has been eroded by media globalisation, there can be little doubt that the structural basis of democratic power has undergone dramatic transformation in recent decades. Although media and mass communications have acted as a catalyst for increased globalised functions, the most potent feature of globalisation continues to lie in its economic connotations (Held and McGrew, 2007). Above all, the continued development of globalised economic processes has meant that the traditional sovereign power of the nation state has been has suffered systematic attack. National governments are no longer able to impact and direct national economic processes in the way they did because such processes are intrinsically reliant upon forces which interact above the nation state level. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chakravartty, P & Sarikakis, K (2006) Media Policy and Globalisation, London: Edinburgh University Press.
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