... or Mauritian sovereignty. The second is debates about the legitimacy or otherwise of the US military base on Diego Garcia, which is seen by some as a necessary opportunity for employment and by others as conflicting with their visions for the resettlement of Chagos. compensation Diego Garcia housing...

...The introduction offers a brief definition of a superhero using the work of Peter Coogan, and the founding definition of sovereignty in Western political philosophy as outlined by Jean Bodin. It shows that the theory of sovereignty is based on issues of legitimacy, authority, power, law, violence...

...) rather than by popular referendum. This chapter explores the theory and constitutional framework of German federalism, first considering the controversy over the location of sovereignty between two tiers of government or, at the very least, over the proper distribution of powers between them...

... to such interventions based their case on the principles of sovereignty, independence and non-intervention as well as practical grounds that is abuse by powerful states. Our conclusion is that it is debatable whether armed humanitarian intervention was then part of customary international law...

... on the world can be analysed and interpreted. It also explores the many battles over Labour's foreign policy brought about by the tension between national sovereignty and internationalism. Attlee government Blair Tony Cook Robin interdependence international community international interest...

... to that of the U.S. instead of subordinating national sovereignty to international institutions in any substantial way. This chapter suggests that the Labour government's foreign policy of 1945–51 was Ernest Bevin's foreign policy because Attlee allowed him a remarkable degree of freedom. It also discusses how...

... Wilfried Trench Alan Wicks Elizabeth Bogdanor Vernon British–Irish Council intergovernmental relations parliamentary sovereignty ‘constitutional anomie’ Flinders Flinders Matthew Marquand David Walker Neil Anglo Irish Agreement 1985 Blair Tony Bradbury Jonathan ‘dry wall’ metaphor O’Leary...

...This chapter discusses theoretical approaches to sovereignty and human rights and their mutual relationship. The aim is to overcome their major shortcoming, that is, the hierarchical dichotomy between sovereignty and human rights. The discussion argues that both sovereignty and human rights...

... at the EU level. On the other hand, member states were careful to preserve their policy sovereignty in a policy sector considered as particularly sensitive. In the 1980s, the states whose legislative and policy traditions were at odds with the liberalisation policies developed by supranational structures...

... sector. Before 1992, no legal basis for EU intervention in the field of culture appeared in the Treaties. Member states were, in any case, reluctant to share their competences in a policy sector considered to be an area of national sovereignty. In such circumstances, how was the Communitarisation...

... means of control through constant surveillance, propaganda or the re-writing of history. The chapter illustrates how the Eurosceptic novel actively promotes national identity and sovereignty, drawing upon a storehouse of Eurosceptic tropes and repeating a certain nationalist version of British history...

... and persistence of neutrality as a security policy, and the implications of its demise. European Union EU globalisation neutrality active form of Persson Göran September 11 2001 attacks Solana Javier sovereignty terrorism and the ‘war on terror’ Bush George W ethnic conflicts humanitarian interventions...

... corporate affairs. Ireland remained a largely agrarian state for most of the 20th century. Initially it advanced protectionist policies to shield Irish industry from outside competition and as an assertion of sovereignty. Later, it opened up its economy, embracing free market capitalism to boost...

... populism Australia Vietnam War Philippines UNCLOS Spratlys Islands EEZ Navy Bases Duterte Sovereignty While its neighbours tried to keep the peace in the region, the Philippines enthusiastically threw itself behind Obama’s new agenda in Asia, abrasively taking the offensive against China...

...This chapter explores the debate between universalism and cultural relativism. Certain powerful accounts of sovereignty seem to be the primary hinge around which the terms of the debate between universalism and relativism turn. The power of sovereignty was the power (in principle...

... between the two countries, particularly over questions of sovereignty and flying rights over the Aegean Sea. Clinton Bill Constantinople fall of 1453 Cyprus Greek–Turkish relations aircraft military Bush President George F 16 aircraft Megali Idea Platias Athanassios Ciller Tansu cold war end...

... security is the ontological counterpoint to death anxiety. Security responds to, and functions to displace, the anxiety of mortality - which would otherwise disrupt the performance of sovereignty. death anxiety excess ontology ritual sovereignty trauma biopolitics failure political theology...

... as its point of departure Michel Foucault's notion of power, whose general focus on ‘micro-political’ relations tends to imply a kind of localised politics of resistance and, moreover, neglects to some extent the ‘broader picture’ of political domination, including the problem of state sovereignty itself...

... and equality to be realised — then it must be detached from the concept of state sovereignty. It also discusses postmodernity, the desirability of the democratic consensus, democracy without foundations, and the link between democracy and globalisation. democracy ethics Afghanistan imperialism Iraq War...

...This chapter examines the conditions for radical politics today against the background of a rapacious globalising capitalism and an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian state sovereignty. Taking postmodernity as its theoretical background, and globalisation as its political background...