(5) The End of Sovereignty? (Edited by Joseph Camilleri and Sim Falk), page:243

The European Union, defined as transnational organization draws the most important attention from authors. It is a new shining danger for sovereignty of some European countries. European Union’s desires from member countries or candidate countries sometimes restrict the sovereignty of that countries. Due to impositions of European Union, a state sometimes has to make and implement new rules, codes that may be against state’s traditional thoughts.

Globalization and the end of the Cold War created a new situation in world politics. In some ways the new world is more than traditional world politics. Today it is widely argued that the concept of sovereignty is seriously challenged in present international society. The tarditional international sysytem which is understood as Westphalian state centic system, now is in transition.It is claimed that the concept of sovereignty is, if not disappearing, losing its traditional foundation. The development of high technologies, the globalization of market economy, the expansion of activities of international institutions, the coflicts of minorities with central goverments and the grpwing concern about human rights are frequently mentioned as the examples which show the decline of state sovereignty.

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