Sovereignties Contemporary Theory and Practice
Raia Prokhovnik develops a strong argument for sovereignty as a robust concept with many conceptualizations, and capable of further fruitful reconceptualization. The book explores contemporary theoretical developments and current political issues around s
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Raia Prokhovnik
Sovereignties
Also by Raia Prokhovnik RATIONAL WOMAN RHETORIC AND PHILOSOPHY IN HOBBES’S ‘LEVIATHAN’ SPINOZA AND REPUBLICANISM
Sovereignties Contemporary Theory and Practice Raia Prokhovnik Reader in Politics Open University, UK
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Contents Preface
viii
Introduction The Meaning of Sovereignty: The Politics and Ownership of the Concept
Part I 1
Contemporary Theory
1
33
From Internal/External to Post-States and Other Actors: Political Theory, International Relations, and International Relations Theory
35
2
The Liberal and State Character of Modern Sovereignty
86
3
The Metaphor of Sovereignty
118
4
The Politics of Sovereignty
150
Part II 5
Practice
181
Less is More: Sovereignty in Europe
183
Bibliography
247
Index
260
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Preface This book owes much to the inspiration of discussions with Rob Walker, Laura Brace and others at the ECPR panel on sovereignty in Budapest, October 2005, and to discussions at the ‘Politics of Protection’ workshop in London in July 2003 organised by Jef Huysmans with Neil Walker, Rob Walker and others. As always, Quentin Skinner and Conal Condren are intellectual touchstones for my thinking. I would
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