Evans, P. (1997) ‘The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an era of Globalisation’, World Politics, Vol. 50(1), 62-87.

Evans, P. (1997) ‘The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an era of Globalisation’, World Politics, Vol. 50(1), 62-87.

• Since the 1980s, the responsibilities of the state have exploded, leading to a gap between the expectation of the services the state is supposed to provide, and its actual capacity. 
• State power has been weakened by globalization in two ways:
•  Increased economic interdependence and massive volumes of trade practically decrease the ability of any regulator body to control interactions.
• The UK and American ideas of limited state power and strong civil societies have been globalized to created a cultural and normative Anglo-American hegemony, stopping other states from becoming too cemented.
• More trade now exists between states than within states, meaning that TNCs can be considered empowered actors since they "regulate" (in some sense) a lot of the trade and interactions going-on.
• Business elites are now more interested in their own private international networks than the state's interests, as they have been become internationalized. This means states cooperate less with powerful individual actors.
• The dismantlement of the Bretton-Woods system of currency exchange market a huge shift towards globalization and away from state-control of economic systems.
• This results in states being somewhat bound by their currency stocks, as financiers can trigger economic ruin in some states if they become skittish due to state policy.
• Although TNCs favor investment in countries without government interference in the economic and trade, they also favor (mostly E. Asian countries) governments with strong programs towards creating a business-friendly environment. 
• Implicit in argument that TNCs are the reason governments are being constructed this way, so that TNCs are active rather than passive actors.
• The current Anglo-American normative regime is based on territorial sovereignty and economic liberalism. It is presumed to apply to all nations and peoples.
• The state will be eclipsed by supranational institutions when it is economically viable; when international organizations offer better opportunities to TNCs and the Western powers, they will eclipse the state. 
• This is not going to happen soon.
• A switch to a knowledge economy makes Intellectual Property laws more important and thus incentivizes TNCs and domestic actors to maintain or strengthen the state.
• Rent-seeking behavior by bureaucrats played largely into the power of many TNCs over states, and does not always represent institution basis or control.
• Claims that the state will be eclipsed by civil society are informed by a false belief that the relationship between the state and civil society is a zero-sum game. Instead we see a relationship much more like mutual growth and synergy.
• States are unlikely to disappear, but it depends on how they adapt to a globalized system and interact with other empowered non-state actors.
• One of the drivers of adaption and subsequent ideological change will be politicians within states trying to compete with other actors and secure their own jobs within the state structure.