How might globalization challenge the traditional concepts of state and sovereignty?
First, identify the key words or concepts in your question, e.g.,globalization, state, sovereignty. Next, brainstorm synonyms, related terms, and alternate spellings for each of these key concepts: • state: closely-related terms like nation or nation state; and perhaps a broader term like democracy • sovereignty: related terms like self-determination, autonomy • globalization: sometimes spelled globalisation; and perhaps a broader term like multinational Begin your search with the most “obvious” terms: globalization and state and sovereignty A slightly more complex search for the topic: Compare the parliamentary and presidential forms of government might look like this: parliamentar* and presidential* and (versus or compar*) The * symbol truncates the word, that is, it directs the search engine to look for all words with that root; so, compar* will search compare, compares, comparison, etc. Also, if you don’t know whether “versus” or “compare” will work better, use them both. Just make
