Globalization - Sources and effects on national states and societies

The world polity and cultural system are relatively stateless, but they leg itimate strong nation-state identities as the dominant actors. This produce s very strong tendencies for the adoption of common models of modernity, de spite extraordinary differences in resources and local culture. Local disti nctiveness is also legitimated, so long as it is not inconsistent with homo geneity on the main dimensions of stratification and identity.