Moving into the 21st century, Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities remain culturally vibrant and politically innovative as they continue to struggle for survival on many fronts. Editor Troy R. Johnson has assembled a volume of top scholarship from whic…
"The concept of sovereignty is central to international relations theory and theories of state formation, and provides the foundation of the conventional separation of modern politics into domestic and international spheres. In this book Jens Bartelson provides a critical analys…
From the publisher. Standard narratives of Native American history view the nineteenth century in terms of steadily declining Indigenous sovereignty, from removal of southeastern tribes to the 1887 General Allotment Act. In Crooked Paths to Allotment, C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa co…
"Considers the problems of sovereignty through the work of Rousseau, Arendt, Foucault, [Giorgio] Agamben, and Derrida. Following up on the fables and stories surrounding political sovereignty--once theological, now often nationalist - Peter Gratton's The State of Sovereignty tak…
In this work the anthropologist Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area.
In this work the anthropologist Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area.
"The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has long been regarded as the most fundamental element of the British Constitution. It holds that Parliament has unlimited legislative authority, and that the courts have no authority to judge statutes invalid. This doctrine has recentl…
"The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has long been regarded as the most fundamental element of the British Constitution. It holds that Parliament has unlimited legislative authority, and that the courts have no authority to judge statutes invalid. This doctrine has recentl…
Demands for "autonomy" or minority rights have given rise to conflicts, often violent, in every region of the world and under every political system. Through an analysis of contemporary international legal norms and an examination of several specific case studies - including Hon…
Demands for "autonomy" or minority rights have given rise to conflicts, often violent, in every region of the world and under every political system. Through an analysis of contemporary international legal norms and an examination of several specific case studies - including Hon…
Sovereignty, according to the authors, can no longer be seen as a protection against interference, but as a charge of responsibility where the state is accountable to both domestic and external constituencies. In internal conflicts in Africa, sovereign states have often failed t…
Sovereignty, according to the authors, can no longer be seen as a protection against interference, but as a charge of responsibility where the state is accountable to both domestic and external constituencies. In internal conflicts in Africa, sovereign states have often failed t…
"Articulates the manner in which international sovereignty is translated into domestic legal command. Combining theory, cross-national quantitative methods, and case studies, this book reveals a pattern of reproduction of a predatory, dysfunctional state in which human integrity…