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About This Book
Sovereignty, as a concept, is in a state of flux. In the course of the last century, traditional meanings have been worn away while the limitations of sovereignty have been altered as transnational issues compete with domestic concerns for precedence. This volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of conceptions of sovereignty. Divided into six overarching elements, it explores a wide range of issues that have altered the theory and practice of state sovereignty, such as: human rights and the use of force for human protection purposes, norms relating to governance, the war on terror, economic globalization, the natural environment and changes in strategic thinking. The authors are acknowledged experts in their respective areas, and discuss the contemporary meaning and relevance of sovereignty and how it relates to the constitution of international order.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Acronyms
- Introduction
- I Sovereignty as a Traditional and Emergent Concept
- 1 Fables of Sovereignty
- 2 Sovereignty Discourse and Practice â Past and Future
- 3 The Guises1 of Sovereignty
- II Sovereignty in International Perspective
- 4 Westphalian and Islamic Concepts of Sovereignty in the Middle East
- 5 Whither Sovereignty in Southeast Asia Today?
- 6 Ambivalent Sovereignty China and Re-Imagining the Westphalian Ideal
- III Transcending State Sovereignty 1 Human and Global Security
- 7 Confronting Terrorism Dilemmas of Principle and Practice Regarding Sovereignty
- 8 Sovereignty in the Twenty-First Century Security, Immigration and Refugees
- 9 State Sovereignty and International Refugee Protection
- IV Transcending State Sovereignty 2 Transnational Issues
- 10 Do No Harm Towards a Hippocratic Standard for International Civilisation
- 11 Sovereignty and the Global Politics of the Environment Beyond Westphalia?
- 12 Westphalian Sovereignty in the Shadow of International Justice? A Fresh Coat of Paint for a Tainted Concept
- V Sovereignty and Development
- 13 Development Assistance and the Hollow Sovereignty of the Weak
- 14 Corruption and Transparency in Governance and Development Reinventing Sovereignty for Promoting Good Governance
- 15 Re-Envisioning Economic Sovereignty Developing Countries and the International Monetary Fund
- VI Reconceiving the State
- 16 Trust, Legitimacy and the Sharing of Sovereignty
- 17 Sovereignty as Indirect Rule
- 18 Indigenous Sovereignty
- 19 Civil Society and Sovereignty in a Post-Statist Circumstance
- Conclusion
- Index