Sovereignties : contemporary theory and practice / Raia Prokhovnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prokhovnik, Raia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty.

International relations.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Sovereignties: Contemporary Theory and Practice is a highly topical and innovative contribution to the debates in political theory, international relations and EU studies. It brings together literatures from contemporary political theory, history of political thought, international relations, international relations theory, legal studies, and EU integration studies, and uses conceptual analysis to argue for a multiplicity of notions of sovereignty. Its genuinely original features include the breadth of the perspective encompassed, the relational reconceptualisation of sovereignty in terms of post-states and other actors in international political space, the theorization of EU sovereignty, the highlighting of an overlooked political meaning in the concept of sovereignty, an examination of the profoundly metaphorical character of the concept, and an effective approach to overcoming the state sovereignty model's conflation of concept and conception, and its untenable division of the political theory, international relations and international relations theory discourses around the internal/external dichotomy.

Contents:

From internal/external to post-states and other actors : political theory, international relations, and international relations theory

The liberal and state character of modern sovereignty

The metaphor of sovereignty

The politics of sovereignty

Less is more : sovereignty in Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.

ISBN:

1403913234

9781403913234

OCLC:

187300286

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