Sovereignty
Sovereignty The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued…
Specifikacia Sovereignty
Sovereignty
The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion.
Organized hypocrisy--the presence of longstanding norms that are frequently violated--has been an enduring attribute of international relations.Political leaders have usually but not always honored international legal sovereignty, the principle that international recognition should be accorded only to juridically independent sovereign states, while treating Westphalian sovereignty, the Throughout history, rulers have been motivated by a desire to stay in power, not by some abstract adherence to international principles.