ABSTRACT
Markets are extending their reach into more and more areas of modern life. Most areas of the economy are now subject to competition and the market is increasingly encroaching into government and public administration. Beyond the nation state, globalization and regional integration are distinctive trends of our time and the market is a dominant feature of these trends. At the same time, national, transnational, and global citizenship and participation, together with notions of transnational and global civil societies, have emerged as prominent political themes.
