PLACING POWER SITING SPACE - THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL IN THE NEW-WORLD ORDER

The logic of drawing political borders and defining national territory in space as it has been articulated by the theory of political realis m is questioned in this paper. At the same time, the dynamics of globa lization operating in high-technology informational production systems as well as media-intensive mass consumption systems are reexamined in order to reconsider their impact on local cultural and social environ ments. It is concluded that new understandings of territoriality are d eveloping in such informationalized spaces, posing new challenges to t hose providing security, identity, and stability to contemporary commu nities experiencing the impact of globalization.