Over time the state has taken on more and more responsibilities and, in many respects, has become more powerful as a result. According to many the opposite is true today: the state is being dismantled. As long as the state is seen as an authority, such a loss of power is probably welcome (and is consistent with the principle of subsidiarity). Yet, depending on the nature and magnitude of the loss, the original and subsidiary state responsibilities may be jeopardised, and with this, the political project of modernity: the democratic self-organisation of society.
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(2007). The demise of the state?. In: HÖffe, O., Moellendorf, D., Pogge, T. (eds) Democracy in an Age of Globalisation. Studies In Global Justice, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5662-8_6
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