Who can disagree as we listen to Madonna and type on our IBM computers while wearing our Levi's jeans. Thus, sovereignty is being transformed by economic globalization. Chapter Two tries to relate these developments to the notion of citizenship and the rights associated with citizenship. Here Sassen has forged something new. She argues that our notions of citizenship will change as the global economy changes.
Global forces challenge the authority of the nation states.
All of us should worry if globalization undermines democracy. But Sassen shows no primary sources or evidence of government action over time to illustrate this allegation. I doubt it. The evidence she cites might also be used to make the opposite point. The fact that so many agencies reviewed this merger illuminates, I believe, elite and public concerns about the consequences of globalization and a desire to hamper and halt it.