The crisis of a state as a social and political institution in the era of globalization

The paper researches how the process of globalization affects the state as a social and political institution, and the related threats and problems in a historical perspective using the example of Europe. Among the main challenges mentioned in the paper are social and economic relations which are impossible to regulate at the national level, the global social and cultural space, the growth of the transnational economy, the instability of traditional social institutions to factors of international influence. The problem of degradation of state institutions, their capture by transnational influence groups, criminalization, and transformation into an internal and foreign policy threat factor are described in detail. The author considers the possibility of evolutional “separation” of the state authorities between building supranational society government structures and local government bodies delegated with state governmental authorities. Moreover, the author differentiates two developed types of globalization, their problems, and the prospects. The development of the international law, creation of empowered supranational structures based on the international law and the return to the modernistic concept of developing a united society is proposed.