The paper dwells on the nation-state’s future in information age. futuristic tour of leaves a wide field for reflection and research. It is time to create qualitatively new postmodern concept nation as opposed traditional industrial-modern one, which will help modern man not only moderately distance himself from globalization foundations world life but also kind axio-resistant nation-state. obj...

identity and collective memory is one of the fascinating subjects in modern sociology. in iran, it arose again as modern and government-nation discourse emerged, and has been endlessly discussed since then. such subjects have assumed an increasing importance due to the multi-cultural and multi-ethical existence of iranian society and recent global developments. accordingly, the present study ha...

place in areas once dominated by the Soviet Union. Germany has been reunited, the Baltic states have reappeared, and numerous new nations, most without any independent existence in the modern era, have been established. In Yugoslavia, a bloody war has carved states out of a multiethnic nation. Similar changes are occurring around the world. Palestinians are negotiating with Israel for an autono...

The first policy implication of the diffusion of a Market-Driven Management approach is the same as the spreading of globalization, i.e. the obsolescence of industrial policies as traditionally designed and managed by Nation-States with the established toolbox of protectionism and subsidies, picking ‘national champions’, etc. The growing asymmetry between the physical jurisdiction of political ...

A common assumption in the ‘modern’ era is that ‘being connected’ can only be a good thing for individuals and for businesses, and even nation states and continents. This short article aims to explore this assumption with the use of Boolean networks. Although the research presented here is in its early stages, it already demonstrates that there is a balance to be met between connectivity and pe...