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Globalisation What Implications for Democratic Decision Making? We have seen above that globalisation is putting pressure on governments to adjust the machinery of government, in order to improve their capacity to operate in the new globalised policy environment. But the challenge does not stop there. Globalisation has implications for the internal balance of power in OECD countries -- including between levels of government, and between Parliaments and the Executive -- and between groups of countries. …

…answers, then it reflects the reality. There are no model solutions to these complex issues. Rising to the challenge of the globalised world is something that all countries will approach from their own historical, cultural and political-administrative traditions. What is important is that governments do not bend to pressures to pull back from an international activity in the vain hope of avoiding the impacts of globalisation. That would prove to be both counter-productive and ineffective.