Abstract
In the modern era of governance, state is experiencing diverse transformation
technologically, economically, politically, socially, culturally, demographically
and so on. The paper classifies these transformative reforms into political, sociocultural,
and technological changes and therefore redefining state in accordance
with these change trends. The concern raised in this paper is: how did these
transformations effect the role and the functions of the state? The desktop study
utilises the use of literature and documents, hence follows a qualitative and
analytical approach to answer this concern, that is a subject matter of this
introductory paper.