本文以歷史研究法，從文化、政治、經濟探討全球化的過程。全球化導致各國的特性受到衝擊，漸漸西方化、美國化。但是全球化的治理，仍依靠各該國家治理。全球治理與國家治理的區隔：在不涉及國家公權力部分，國家的文化、政治、經濟受到全球化的自然影響，而涉及公權力部分，仍由國家掌握，並加以治理，否則會失序。全球有全球化的目標，各國有各自的國家目標，共同並存。

While the world is far away from a perfect integration of markets, services, and factors of production: many are unsure as to what globalization means and what it would lead to many years from now. In the sense that 'globalization' transcends the evolution of a liberal economic orthodoxy as well as variants of international connectedness, how can such a fluid process replace the more stable and institutionalized nation-state? While this operational ambiguity may be due to the conventional analyses of globalization as an end state--a supposition that seeks to refer it as a state of affairs, --the assumption fails because the relationship between globalization as a process and the nation-state as a sovereign is antithetical. To be able to govern under globalization, we must first understand what it means, its many problems (including transnational immigration, potentially dramatic changes in citizenship and identity), as well as the political efficacy of integrating disparate national goals with the collective goal of the international community. And there is also the crucial problem of decision-making: who decides how we govern and under what conditions?