Kjell Goldmanns Transforming the European Nation-State and Social Internationalisation
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In Kjell Goldmann's Transforming the European Nation-State the three dimensions of internationalization that he defines are problems, societies, and decisions. Goldmann defines the internationalization of problems as the penetration of extra-national forces causing the promulgation of domestic problems. What this means is that problems that nation-states are challenged with, in today's world, are rooted in the seeds of other nation-states, and often not the result of a nation-states own vices. Goldmann refers to environmental problems like emissions from the UK being blown into the Scandinavian region, and the catastrophic results of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as examples of large-scale problems imposed on innocent, by-standing nation-states. He continues by citing the European Environmental Agencies delineation of the Europe's 12 most significant environmental problems, concluding that for the most part, the existence of these problems in certain nations come as a result of others (Goldmann 10). Furthermore, and in line with the...

