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Globalization & subnational disintegration are both indicative of the changing role for the nation-state in societal organization. Globalization undermines the nation-state's ability to make & enforce laws & policy, & complicates its culture. Global institutions now expand their authority at the expense of the nation-state, eg, the North American Free Trade Agreement. Global cities such as Hong Kong & New York display the exaggerated effects of globalization & are often in conflict with the nation-state & its citizens due to the coverage/non-coverage of citizenship law. Within this situation, regional & ethnic autonomy movements can draw power from global cultural & economic ties. Proposals for city-states to influence global activity are advanced, including allowing localities to lobby international organizations, foreign nationals to obtain local citizenship, & nondomiciliary voting in the localities. 26 References. M. Pflum

Sovereign city examines the nature of the city-state's changing role and traces the evolution of the city as a political entity from ancient times, when it flourished, to the present day, when it is of much diminished importance. Geoffrey Parker examines the city-state as a geopolitical form, as well as its distinctive place within a range of types of states. The rise of the city-state in ancient times is analysed with particular reference to the Greek polis, which Plato and Aristotle considered the perfect type of state.

Ho reviews 'Singapore: The Global City-State' by Geoffrey Murray and Audrey Perera.