Challenges Of Economic Globalization On The European Welfare State

The influence of economic globalization on nation function of sovereign state is an important theme in the field of international relation. The schools of international political economy have posed many different theories. One of the representative theory pointed out, that the economic globalization weaken the nation function mostly in security,currency and welfare these three aspects.So this paper will research the challenge of globalization on welfare system of European countries in the perspective of welfare function of sovereign state. The analysis emphasis are the challenges of globalization on the politics,economy and society in European states and the innovations of these states ,especially of German.The purpose of this paper is to realize the influence of globalization on sovereign states deeply, especially on European welfare states, to understand the social policy of these welfare states comprehensively.