1. The second camp insists, in contrast, that publicity has been transnational at least since the origins of the interstate system in the 17th century. Citing Enlightenment visions of the international ‘republic of letters’ and cross-national movements such as abolitionism and socialism, not to mention world religions and modern imperialism, this camp contends that the Westphalian frame has always been ideological, obscuring the inherently unbounded character of public spheres (Boli and Thomas, 1999; Keck and Sikkink, 1998).

Ebenso müssen wir nur auf globale Finanzmärkte, den EURO und den Kurssturz der argentinischen Währung verweisen, um einschätzen zu können, in welchem Ausmaß nationale Währungskontrollen ephemer sind.