...: why constitutional government requires sovereign states /... by Rabkin, Jeremy A.

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Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns : State-Building and Extraterritorial Violence in Early Modern Europe. by Thomson, Janice E.

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Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns : State-Building and Extraterritorial Violence in Early Modern Europe. by Thomson, Janice E.

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Bound by recognition by Markell, Patchen, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Double Binds: Jewish Emancipation and the Sovereign State --…”
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Bound by recognition by Markell, Patchen, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Double Binds: Jewish Emancipation and the Sovereign State --…”
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The Egypt of Nasser and Sadat : the political economy of two regimes by Waterbury, John

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State and nation making in Latin America and Spain : republics of the possible

Table of Contents: “…Nicaragua: the difficult creation of a sovereign state /…”
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Migrating the Black body : the African diaspora and visual culture by Raiford, Leigh, Raphael-Hernandez, Heike

Table of Contents: “…Migrating images of the Black body politic and the sovereign state: Haiti in the 1850s /…”
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The ideas that conquered the world : peace, democracy, and free markets in the twenty-first century by Mandelbaum, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Wilson victorious -- Cold War reconsidered -- World of sovereign states -- Cure for cancer -- Most dangerous place on the planet -- Post-Cold War disorders -- Dragons' lair -- Democratic peace -- Triumph of the market -- Invisible construction site -- Global utility -- Future of the international economy.…”
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The leasing of Guantanamo Bay by Strauss, Michael John, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Sovereign states and their territory -- The nature of territorial leases -- The Guantanamo Bay lease -- Objectives of the lease -- Jurisdiction at Guantanamo Bay -- Duration of the lease -- The annual rent payments -- Recent and current issues -- The lease in U.S.…”
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The making of the Asia Pacific : knowledge brokers and the politics of representation by Tan, See Seng

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: From 'Pacific Asia' to 'Asia Pacific' -- The desire for essence -- Knowledge networks as agents of representation -- Representing the 'Asia Pacific' -- Representing sovereign states -- Representing the 'In/Human' faces of Asia Pacific security -- Representing the 'Authority' of knowledge networks -- Conclusion: A plea in three parts.…”
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The system of liberty : themes in the history of classical liberalism by Smith, George H., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Liberal ideology and political philosophy -- 4. Sovereign state, sovereign self -- 5. The anarchy game -- 6. …”
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Revolutions in Sovereignty : How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations. by Philpott, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Cover; contents; tables and figures; preface; part one: revolutions in sovereignty; one: introduction: revolutions in sovereignty; two: the constitution of international society; three: a brief history of constitutions of international society in the west; four: how revolutions in ideas bring revolutions in sovereignty; part two: the founding of the sovereign states system at westphalia; five: westphalia as origin; six: the origin of westphalia; seven: the power of protestant propositions; part three: the revolution of colonial independence: the global expansion of westphalia.…”
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Fundamentals of public international law : a sketch of the international legal order by Distefano, Giovanni (Law professor)

Table of Contents: “…Prolegomena : the structure and characteristics of the international legal order -- Legal personality -- The sovereign state as the primary and original subject of PIL -- Article 38 of the ICJ statute : the substantive constitution of the international legal order in respect of sources -- Customary international law and its codification -- International treaty -- Forgotten, minor and hidden sources -- State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts -- Peaceful settlement of international disputes.…”
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United Nations in the contemporary world by Whittaker, David J., 1925-2017

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Frontispiece; 1 The ideas and structures of 1945; 2 Changing UN ideas and approaches; 3 Sovereign states as UN members; 4 Peacekeeping; 5 Arms control and disarmament; 6 The UN and the developing world; 7 The UN and an urbanising world; 8 Helping refugees; 9 Prospects for UN internal reform; 10 The UN shapes the future: an evaluation; Guide to further reading; Index.…”
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The global economic system by Wallace, Iain, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The global economy : orientations -- Society, the economy and the environment -- Population and resources in an industrialized world-economy -- The evolution of the modern world-economy -- States and the global economic system -- The corporation and the global production system -- Transnational corporations in a world of sovereign states -- The industrialized western nations in a turbulent global economy -- Industrialized state-socialist economies -- The third world : varieties of underdevelopment -- Challenges of third world development -- Prospects for the global economy.…”
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The proper order of things : language, power, and law in Ottoman administrative discourses by Ferguson, Heather L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the structure of empire and a grammar of rule -- The sovereign state : spatial and textual politics in early modern Eurasian courts -- The state of stability : the kanunname as a genre of administrative governance -- The bureaucratic state : reforming documentary practices -- The brokered state : "the past is no longer the present" in the "land between the rivers" -- A state of rebellion : the re-territorialization of Ottoman sovereignty in greater Syria -- On the perfect state : an Ottoman vision of order -- Conclusion : the archiving state.…”
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A Transcivilizational Perspective on International Law : Questioning Prevalent Cognitive Frameworks in the Emerging Multi-Polar and Multi-Civilizational World of the Twenty-First C... by Yasuaki, Onuma

Table of Contents: “…The significance of civilizational factors and perspectives in the sovereign States system(1) What is the transcivilizational perspective ?…”
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Neoliberal frontiers : an ethnography of sovereignty in West Africa by Chalfin, Brenda

Table of Contents: “…Toward an anthropology of neoliberal sovereignty -- Customs as effective sovereign : state logics across time and place -- Anthropologies of the state : marrying ethnography and political economy -- Histories and tactics of territorial sovereignty : thinking through the border -- The sovereignty of good governance : bureaucratic contests and the recentering of power -- The properties of popular sovereignty : customs and corruption, cars, and democratic discourse -- Technologies of sovereignty : the politics and phenomenology of privatized rule on the maritime frontier -- Affective sovereignty : airport anthropology and the shifting contours of citizenship -- Working the border : neoliberal sovereignty in comparative perspective.…”
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The "civil society" problematique : deconstructing civility and southern Nigeria's ethnic radicalisation by Adekson, Adedayo Oluwakayode

Table of Contents: “…Copyright; Dedication; Contents; CHAPTER I Introduction; CHAPTER II Overview of Study; CHAPTER III Review of Literature; CHAPTER IV Summary of Results -- Ijaw Youth Council; CHAPTER V Summary of Results -- Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB); CHAPTER VI Summary of Results -- Oodua Peoples Congress; CHAPTER VII Analysis of Theoretical Anomalies and Regime Policy; CHAPTER VIII Analysis of the Process of Radicalization; CHAPTER IX Implications of Findings and Conclusion; APPENDIX A Questionnaire; APPENDIX B Summary of MOSOP Interview; APPENDIX C Map of Nigeria.…”
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The Cosmopolitan Imagination : the Renewal of Critical Social Theory. by Delanty, Gerard

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: The rise and decline of classical cosmopolitanism; 2: Contemporary cosmopolitanism and social theory; 3: Global ethics, solidarity and the problem of violence; 4: Cosmopolitan citizenship and the post-sovereign state; 5: Multiculturalism from a cosmopolitan perspective; 6: Religion in a cosmopolitan society; 7: Cosmopolitanism, modernity and global history; 8: Cosmopolitanism and European political community; 9: Europe as a borderland.…”
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Freedom and the human person

Table of Contents: “…Shanley -- Justifying faith : grace and free will / Eleonore Stump -- Sovereign states and sovereign individuals : the question of political theory / Michael Allen Gillespie -- Freedom, republics, and peoples in Machiavelli's prince / Nathan Tarcov -- John Locke : toward a politics of liberty / Michael P. …”
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Freedom and the human person

Table of Contents: “…Shanley -- Justifying faith : grace and free will / Eleonore Stump -- Sovereign states and sovereign individuals : the question of political theory / Michael Allen Gillespie -- Freedom, republics, and peoples in Machiavelli's prince / Nathan Tarcov -- John Locke : toward a politics of liberty / Michael P. …”
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Administrative law by Saiyed, I. A.

Table of Contents: “…Executives -- 5.13;Legislature -- I (A Wing of Sovereign State With 'Ultimate Power' to Legislate) -- 6.13;Legislature -- II (Delegated Legislation) -- 7.13;Judiciary -- I (Principles of Natural Justice) -- 8.13;Judiciary -- II (Remedies, Tribunals and Inquiry Commissions) -- 9.13;Judiciary -- III (Judicial Control on Administrative Discretion) -- 10.13;Judiciary -- IV (Redress Through Courts) -- 11.13;Ordinary Remedies Or Equitable Remedies -- 12.13;Executives -- II (Government Privileges And Immunities) -- 13.13;Executives -- III (Control On Government) -- 14.13;Executives -- IV (Public Undertakings & Public Corporations).…”
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Governance and International Legal Theory. by Dekker, Ige F.

Table of Contents: “…Werner)Chapter 6 Globalization and the International Criminal Court: Accountability and a New Conception of State (Rod Jensen); Chapter 7 The International Criminal Court and the Sovereign State (Diane Marie Amann); Chapter 8 Governance by International Organizations: Rethinking the Normative Force of International Decisions (Ige F. …”
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Globalization and sovereignty : rethinking legality, legitimacy and constitutionalism by Cohen, Jean L., 1946-

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Genocide and mass atrocities in Asia : legacies and prevention

Table of Contents: “…Preventing Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia and Globally -- Political Realism, Sovereignty and Intervention : Is Genocide Prevention Really Possible in a World of Sovereign States? / Paul Bartrop -- Political Instability and Genocide : Comparing Causes in Asia and the Pacific and Globally / Benjamin Goldsmith, Dimitri Semenovich and Arcot Sowmya -- Discourses on Violence : Constraints and Challenges for Mediators in Asia / Dale Bagshaw and Damien Coghlan -- "Never Again" or Again and Again : The Genocide Convention, the Responsibility to Protect and Mass Atrocity Prevention / Deborah Mayersen -- Conclusion / Deborah Mayersen and Annie Pohlman.…”
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Territories : the Claiming of Space. by Storey, David

Table of Contents: “…The future of the sovereign state; State failure; The end of the state?; Do states still matter?…”
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International Economic Law and National Autonomy. by Kolsky Lewis, Meredith

Table of Contents: “…Part IV Transformations in international economic law11 Foreign investors vs sovereign states: towards a global framework, BIt by BIt; 12 How 'trade in services' transforms the regulation of temporary migration for remittances in poor countries; 13 Reconceptualising international investment law: bringing the public interest into private business; Index.…”
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Imperial Germany Revisited : Continuing Debates and New Perspectives. by Müller, Sven Oliver

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Place of Imperial Germany in German History; Chapter 1: When the Sonderweg Debate Left Us; Chapter 2: The Impossible Vanishing Point; Chapter 3: Was the German Empire a Sovereign State?; Chapter 4: Theories of Nationalism and the Critical Approach to German History; Part II: Politics, Culture, and Society; Chapter 5: The Authoritarian State and the Political Mass Market; Chapter 6: Using Violence to Govern; Chapter 7: Women's Suffrage and Antifeminism as a Litmus Test of Modernizing Societies.…”
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Combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in West Africa : handbook for the training of armed and security forces

Table of Contents: “…The international community, peace and human security: 1. The sovereign state in the international order / Alioune Sall ; 2. …”
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The cartographic state : maps, territory and the origins of sovereignty by Branch, Jordan, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; The Cartographic State; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Mapping and the emergence of the sovereign state; Method and plan of the book; 2 Authority, sovereignty, and international change; Conceptualizing political change: authority and the international system; Political authority in the late Middle Ages; Modern political authority and sovereign statehood; Conceptualizing authority, explaining the territorial state; 3 The cartographic revolution; Theorizing mapping and space; Medieval European cartography and space.…”
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Making truth in early modern Catholicism

Table of Contents: “…Disciplining the Sciences in Conflict Zones: Pre-Classical Mechanics between the Sovereign State and the Reformed Catholic Religion -- Rivka Feldhay -- Index…”
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Jean Bethke Elshtain : politics, ethics, and society

Table of Contents: “…: Selves, States, and God in Our Bewildering Global Environment; 7 Staggering Onward, Rejoicing Jean Bethke Elshtain, Augustinian Realist; 8 Engaging the Mind of Elshtain on Sovereignty; 9 Taking Love Seriously: Elshtain's Augustinian Voice and Modern Politics; 10 Supremacy at Stake: Religion and the Sovereign State in the Work of Jean Elshtain; Part III. …”
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Nature and the Iron Curtain : environmental policy and social movements in Communist and capitalist countries, 1945-1990

Table of Contents: “…East Germany's Fight for Recognition as a Sovereign State: Environmental Diplomacy as Strategy in Cold War Politics / Astrid Mignon Kirchhof.…”
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Peace in the ancient world : concepts and theories

Table of Contents: “…Background: Peace in Political Thought, Discourse, and Conceptualization -- Theories of Peace -- Explanations and Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 6: Broadening the Scope -- "Universal Peace" in Ancient Empires -- "Inner Peace" and Non-violence in the Axial Age -- "Common Peace" Inside and Outside Sovereign States -- Conclusion: Explaining Ideas about Peace -- Abbreviation -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.…”
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Why Prison? by Scott, David

Table of Contents: “…The prison and national identity: citizenship, punishment and the sovereign state*; A changing penal estate; A new detention apparatus; Narratives of national belonging; Conclusion.…”
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Policing Scotland. by Donnelly, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Policing Crime and Disorder in Scotland; Introduction: a tale from Greenock; Tracing the Contours of Crime and Disorder; Policing and Crime Control: 'sovereign State' and 'adaptive Strategies'; Tackling Crime and Disorder: the Role of 'policing Beyond the Police'; Conclusion; Notes; References; 8. …”
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Globalization : the Return of Borders to a Borderless World?. by Ferguson, Yale H.

Table of Contents: “…The Atlantic bridged, European sovereign states, empires, and global capitalismFrom the Cold War to twenty-first-century globalization; Conclusion; 3. …”
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Europe 1880-1945. by Roberts, J. M.

Table of Contents: “…Revolutionary influences spreading from EuropeVitality of European civilization; 3 The ancien régime; Society: institutions and assumptions, 'market' and 'status' societies; Elites and masses; The diffusion of bourgeois ideas and standards; Politics: acceptance of the sovereign state; Monarchy; Nationalism; Racialism; Antisemitism; Spread of formal democracy; Increase of legislation; Religion; Anticlericalism and Roman Catholicism; Leo XIII; Protestantism; Jewry; 4 International competition, 1880-1901; The setting of international relations: the sources of rivalry; Armies; Navies.…”
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