Challenges to state authority

Question 1

list of challenges

Answer 1

current political boundaries, TNCs, supranational institutions, political dominance of ethnic groups

Question 2

possible problems in boundaries

Answer 2

contested territory, separatism, sectarian tensions, transnational movement of terrorists, contested maritime boundaries, legacy of colonialism

Question 3

examples of boundary problems

Answer 3

Crimea, Scotland, tensions in Middle East, terrorists from Syria, ethnic partitioning in old colonial africa

Question 4

TNCs as challenge to sovereignty

Answer 4

business decisions that could affect many ppl taken outside host country, human rights violations in work conditions by some TNCs

Question 5

supranational definition

Answer 5

having influence and power that transcends national boundaries and governments

Question 6

EU affecting sovereignty

Answer 6

monetary union eurozone financial restrictions, having to implement laws they maybe didn’t vote, fishing and farming rules (Fisheries Policy, Common Agricultural Policy), Schengen abolished borders, 28 members

Question 7

UN affecting sovereignty

Answer 7

Security Council can sanction, intervention with considerable crimes against humanity, 193 members

Question 8

political dominance of ethnic groups

Answer 8

ethnic groups spread along political borders, sovereign states may have many groups, some groups may be spread across borders, some groups may want independence (Touaregs in Mali), conflicts between groups