Politics Without Sovereignty - A Critique of Contemporary International Relations (Hardcover, New)

Written by leading scholars, this volume challenges the recent trend in international relations scholarship - the common antipathy to sovereignty. The classical doctrine of sovereignty is widely seen as totalitarian, producing external aggression and internal repression. Political leaders and opinion-makers throughout the world claim that the sovereign state is a barrier to efficient global governance and the protection of human rights. Two central claims are advanced in this book. First, that the sovereign state is being undermined not by the pressures of globalization but by a diminished sense of political possibility. Second, it demonstrates that those who deny the relevance of sovereignty have failed to offer superior alternatives to the sovereign state. Sovereignty remains the best institution to establish clear lines of political authority and accountability, preserving the idea that people shape collectively their own destiny. The authors claim that this positive idea of sovereignty as self-determination remains integral to politics both at the domestic and international levels. Politics Without Sovereignty will be of great interest to students and scholars of political science, international relations, security studies, international law, development and European studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Christopher Bickerton • Philip Cunliffe • Alexander Gourevitch
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	210
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-41806-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Promotions
LSN:	0-415-41806-2
Barcode:	9780415418065

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