Territory, authority, rights

from medieval to global assemblages

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"Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In Territory, Authority, Rights, one of the world's leading authorities on globalization shows show the national state made today's global era possible. Saskia Sassen argues that even while globalization is best understood as "denationalization" it continues to be shaped channeled, and enabled by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law and respect for private authority."--BOOK JACKET.