Sovereignty as Symbolic Form (Hardcover)

Jens Bartelson

Series: Critical Issues in Global Politics

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This book is a critical inquiry into sovereignty and argues that the meaning and functions performed by this concept have changed significantly during the past decades, with profound implications for the ontological status of the state and the modus operandi of the international system as a whole. Although we have grown accustomed to regarding sovereignty as a defining characteristic of the modern state and as a constitutive principle of the international system, Sovereignty as Symbolic Form argues that recent changes indicate that sovereignty has been turned into something granted, contingent upon its responsible exercise in accordance with the norms and values of an imagined international community. Hence we need a new understanding of sovereignty in order to clarify the logic of its current usage in theory and practice alike, and its connection to broader concerns of social ontology: what kind of world do we inhabit, and of what kind of entities is this world composed? This book will be of interest to students of International Relations, Critical Security and International Politics.

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Issues in Global Politics
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Jens Bartelson
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	134
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-44682-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-44682-1
Barcode:	9780415446822