Globalization, Migration and the Nation-State: The Path to a Post-National Europe?

This paper begins by noting a number of recent trends which challenge the self-contained autonomy of the nation-state and the recent conceptualization of such trends in terms of `globalization....[It is] a preliminary exploration of the issues raised by international population flows and policy responses in the context of the European Union (EU). Minimally it proffers an account of the global/national tension noted in much of the globalization literature and apparent in the policy and politics of migration. More critically this account attempts an assessment of quite how `post-national Europe really is and whether `globalization offers any help in unravelling the complexity of empirical evidence. (EXCERPT)