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Sovereignty
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- 1What does modern sovereignty mean?Rulers and ruled must be deemed citizens
- 2According to Bodwin (1596) what does modern sovereignty mean?Sovereignty is unconditional and unrestrained power undermined that the assumption that the holder is limited by divine and natural law.
- 3According to Hobbes, how is sovereignty described?Law in all its forms is the creation of the sovereign so that there is no distinction to be made between sovereign and subject.
- 4What was the definition of sovereignty in pre modern times?God exercised sovereignty rather than rulers which expresses the notion of absolute and illimitable power.
- 5What is Alan James's concept of sovereignty?A constitutional independence, a sovereign state that is legally in control of its own destiny.(1986)
- 6What is the main problem with the theory of sovereignty?Those who assume that it is about power of the state are mistaken, they take the view that the state is capable of exercising absolute power, although it may be claimed that the state only claims this sovereign power because others challenge it, i.e. terrorists, criminals etc challenge it.
- 7How has globalisation affected sovereignty?neo liberal idea
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Nato - 8Justin Rosenberg gave saw sovereignty as a modern concept, how did he describe it?Only under capitalism do we have a sharp divide between the public and the private and this divide is necessary before we can speak of the sovereign state (1994)
- 9How does F.H. Hinsley describe the modern state?While the state can be described as modern as well as an archaic institution, sovereignty cannot, since sovereignty requires a belief that absolute and illimitable power resides in the 'body politic' which constitutes a 'single personality' composed of rulers and ruled alike. (1986)
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