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The Valuable Tool of Sovereignty: Its Use in Situations of Competition and Interdependence. Bruges Political Research Papers No. 3. 03/2007

van Veen, Erwin. (2007) The Valuable Tool of Sovereignty: Its Use in Situations of Competition and Interdependence. Bruges Political Research Papers No. 3. 03/2007. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Sovereignty is not a neutral concept. It is rather used as a tool in a variety of contexts by political agents to establish and maintain their rule. In particular situations of competition and interdependence are relevant because they potentially threaten state survival. In these two types of situation, five uses of sovereignty are distinguished. First, in situations of internal competition states use sovereignty for competitive advantage. Second, in cases of external competition states use sovereignty to temporarily subordinate the interests of citizens to those of the state. Third, in situations of interdependence some states use sovereignty to reduce it. However, in a globalizing world this becomes less feasible. Fourth, sovereignty is used to conquer interdependence. Yet this is only effective when a world-state is created. Fifth, states use sovereignty to manage interdependence.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > governance: EU & national level
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > College of Europe (Brugge) > Bruges Political Research Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 15 May 2009
    Page Range: p. 29
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 18:11
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10872

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