... is inviolable, sacrosanct. (Knorr & Verba, 1961 pp 210) What are the pieces that make up the current international system? The most important component is the nation state. These are countries that have independent legislature and sovereign borders and territory. Scotland, though a nation, is not a sovereign state as it does not have control over its borders and territory, and its ... the international system. Multinational corporations can influence, even force countrie's economic and political policies. We can see this in the globalisation of production, where large companies have move...

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