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...... Secondly, the author argues that there is a sense of nationality which is present in todays society; this feeling of national identity which condemns the Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties and demand the defense and reconstruction of the nation- state. More precisely it is the way in which society is conducted at the level of the economy that determines the actual transformation of the society. He gives the examples of Great Britain, whose rise to supremacy was given in fact by the invention of the telegraph (Touraine, 13). This comes to point out the fact that in his opinion, it is not the system that changed the world, but rather certain technological inventions, thus the current state of affairs has been seen before. Indeed, the passing from one society to another has been marked by technological impressions. However, this idea cannot be applied to the current situation of the global world because information represents the driving force of the world, regardless of the level of analysis one addresses. The information has led the world towards a communication strategy, a market change that has yet to be seen before at this intensity
Thirdly, he argues that transnational commerce and corporations have

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