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Sovereignty
About: Sovereignty is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25909 publications have been published within this topic receiving 410148 citations.
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TL;DR: In a world of growing security challenges, non-state armed actors have captured significant attention from scholars concerned with regime stability and the consolidation of national states as mentioned in this paper. But the preoccupation with national political dynamics has eclipsed the study of non-State armed actors who struggle to secure economic dominion, and whose activities reveal alternative networks of power, authority, independence, and self-governance unfolding on a variety of territorial scales both smaller and larger than the nation state.
Abstract: In a world of growing security challenges, non-state armed actors have captured significant attention from scholars concerned with regime stability and the consolidation of national states. But the preoccupation with national political dynamics has eclipsed the study of non-state armed actors who struggle to secure economic dominion, and whose activities reveal alternative networks of power, authority, independence, and self-governance unfolding on a variety of territorial scales both smaller and larger than the nation-state. With a focus on actors as wide-ranging as private police, gangs, and mafias, this article charts the proliferation and significance of non-state armed action structured around economic activities, and assesses the nature of violence and insecurity generated by these activities in comparison to more conventional politically oriented non-state action. Drawing evidence primarily from middle-income countries of the global south, where political regimes are relatively more stable but a wi...
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19 Apr 2010TL;DR: Extraterritoriality and legal imperialism in British legal imperialism was studied in this paper, where the authors discuss the Ottoman Empire's elusive dream of sovereignty and China's struggle for sovereignty.
Abstract: Introduction: extraterritoriality in British legal imperialism 1. Positive law and sovereignty 2. Extraterritoriality and legal imperialism 3. Japan's rapid rise to sovereignty 4. The Ottoman Empire's elusive dream of sovereignty 5. China's struggle for sovereignty Conclusion: American legal imperialism: extraterritoriality today.
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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: The Democracy Sourcebook as mentioned in this paper is a collection of classic writings and contemporary scholarship on democracy, creating a book that can be used by undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of courses, including American politics, international relations, comparative politics, and political philosophy.
Abstract: The Democracy Sourcebook offers a collection of classic writings and contemporary scholarship on democracy, creating a book that can be used by undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of courses, including American politics, international relations, comparative politics, and political philosophy. The editors have chosen substantial excerpts from the essential theorists of the past, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville, and the authors of The Federalist Papers; they place them side by side with the work of such influential modern scholars as Joseph Schumpeter, Adam Przeworski, Seymour Martin Lipset, Samuel P. Huntington, Ronald Dworkin, and Amartya Sen. The book is divided into nine self-contained chapters: "Defining Democracy," which discusses procedural, deliberative, and substantive democracy; "Sources of Democracy," on why democracy exists in some countries and not in others; "Democracy, Culture, and Society," about cultural and sociological preconditions for democracy; "Democracy and Constitutionalism," which focuses on the importance of independent courts and a bill of rights; "Presidentialism versus Parliamentarianism"; "Representation," discussing which is the fairest system of democratic accountability; "Interest Groups"; "Democracy's Effects," an examination of the effect of democracy on economic growth and social inequality; and finally, "Democracy and the Global Order" discusses the effects of democracy on international relations, including the propensity for war and the erosion of national sovereignty by transnational forces.
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TL;DR: In the case of Denmark, this article found that very little happened to change attitudes to European integration, but very little was enough to result in a "yes", since only some 47,000 votes made the difference between "no" and "yes" in 1992.
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01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: The Changing Contours of Political Community: rethinking democracy in the context of globalisation David Held 2. A Critique of Held Michael Saward 3. Global Myths and National Policies Paul Hirst and Grahame Thomson 4. "global myths and national policies': A Reply Jonathan Perraton 5. The Lords of Peace: From the Holy Alliance to the New International Criminal Tribunals Danilo Zolo 6. Neither Cosmopolitanism nor Realism: A Response to DaniloZolo Tony Coates Part Two: Structures and Processes 7. An
Abstract: Introduction Barry Holden Part One: Theoretical Issues 1. The Changing Contours of Political Community: rethinking democracy in the context of globalisation David Held 2. A Critique of Held Michael Saward 3. Global Myths and National Policies Paul Hirst and Grahame Thomson 4. Paul Hirst and Grahame Thomson 'Global Myths and National Policies': A Reply Jonathan Perraton 5. The Lords of Peace: From the Holy Alliance to the New International Criminal Tribunals Danilo Zolo 6. Neither Cosmopolitanism nor Realism: A Response to Danilo Zolo Tony Coates Part Two: Structures and Processes 7. An Agenda for Democratization: democratization at the international level Boutros Boutros-Ghali 8. The United Nations as an Agency of Global Democracy Daniele Archibugi, Sveva Balduini and Marco Donati 9. Alternative Models for Global Democracy Johan Galtung 10. Global Civil Society and the Democratic Prospect Richard Falk 11. Globalisation, Sovereignty and Policy Making: Insights from European Integration Jonathan Golub Afterword Globalisation and Democracy Richard Bellamy and R.J.Barry Jones
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