SOVEREIGNTY Flashcards
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Suzerainty
A fluid and layered approach to sovereignty, where different levels of authority can coexist, and control can be shared or divided among various entities.
Internal sovereignty
Internal sovereignty means that the state’s institutions have final authority within the territorial borders of the state; there is no higher authority to which people within those borders can appeal. It also implies that the state has the capacity to provide political goods like security, national defense and well-being for those it claims to represent.
Self determination
the process by which a group of people, usually possessing a certain degree of national consciousness, form their own state and choose their own government.
Sovereignty from: above, below, side
Above: Sovereignty impacted by higher authority than the state - IGOs, UN
Below: Authority and power come from “below” the state - legitimacy comes from people governed eg; Protest groups, democratic elections, self determination
Side: MNCs, businesses, TNCs
Krasner: 4 dimensions
International legal sovereignty: international recognition from states.
Westphalian sovereignty: the principle of non-interference or the ability of a state to determine its own affairs.
Domestic sovereignty:state freedom and the ability of a state to maintain the control of the use of legitimate violence within its territory.
Interdependence sovereignty: the capacity of a government to control cross-border movements of any kind (people, goods, etc.).
External sovereignty
The state’s right to territorial integrity based on mutual recognition by other states and the accompanying principle of non-interference from other states or IGOs.
Sovereignty bargaining
States making difficult trade-offs and sacrificing some autonomy, or even authority, to gain influence on a variety of issues ranging from nuclear proliferation to trade, border security, migration, terrorism, the climate crisis and global pandemics.
Confucianist sovereignty
Where people are integrated into a harmonious and hierarchical system centered on moral and ethical governance.
Nationalism
An ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests
Hard power
Achieving aims through force or threat thereof e.g. military force against Gaddafi’s Libya 2011
Soft power
Achieving aims through persuasion or influence e.g. Iran nuclear deal 2015
Smart power
Achieving aims through force, persuasion and influence e.g. Chinese investment in Africa
Westphalian sovereignty
A state’s independence, its control over territory and its ability to govern itself and nonintervention.
Krasner: organised hypocrisy
Sovereignty was merely organized hypocrisy, maintained by states when it benefited them to do so but violated whe’never it suited them.
Hakkimaya
True sovereignty belongs to God alone, and human rulers are merely trustees or vicegerents under the divine mandate.
