This article characterizes the modern concept of politics in the light of the phenomena that have been designated by the term "globalization". It will be analized how the modern State has consolidated its capacity for domination as it has been able to formulate in structural and symbolic terms a colective identity, expressed through the idea of cityzenship. It is argued that the diversification of decision arenas and the transfer of economic, juridical and military competences to supranational, regional or transnational instances, question State sovereignty and at the same time begin to redefine a new the political sphere, given that power relations, in this new context, cease to be paralleled by processes of colective identification, that have, until now, been assured by the decision capacity of the State.
politics; State; sovereignty; collective identification; mondialization; globalization