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State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. |
 | | The word "state" in contemporary parlance often means the "Westphalian state", in reference to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. |
 | | A number of modern commentators have claimed the decline of the Westphalian state as the principal actor of the international system, pointing to economic, cultural, political, and technological changes in the world, such as globalization and the emergence of regional and supernational groupings such as the European Union. |
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