The Defense of State’s Role in Public Policy
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https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v50i2.699Keywords:
state, public policy, state’s role, sovereignty, globalizationAbstract
Criticisms of the state’s role relate to many of its aspects-the continuing expansion of the scope of its responsibilities; its encroachment on people’s lives and freedoms through its making of public policy, and its inefficiency of operation, as compared to the private sector. The origin of the state’s role and its various types that led to a varying extent of intervention in society are delineated. Economic and political rationales for the state are discussed, arguing for its significance in public life and that the nonexistence of state is implausible. The state’s roles in various kinds of public policy, all vital to the public, are examined. The issue of statelessness and stateless people indicates the state’s significance, contrary to the thesis that it is withering away. Also discussed are the effects of globalization in minimizing the state’s sovereignty. Transnational corporations have a rather large role in today’s global economy, while at the same time and to a certain extent, affect economic policy making of many sovereign states. It is, nonetheless, argued that there are other non-quid pro quo policy areas that are not at all attractive to these international corporations. Thus, a large portion of state sovereignty still remains.
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