Globalization and Sovereignty - Beyond the Territorial Trap

This book offers a new way of thinking about sovereignty, both past and present. John Agnew challenges the widely accepted story that state sovereignty is in worldwide eclipse in the face of the overwhelming processes of globalization, offering a convincing framework that breaks with the either/or thinking of state sovereignty versus globalization.

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Globalization and State Sovereignty
Chapter 2: Sovereignty Myths and Territorial States
Chapter 3: Sovereignty Regimes
Chapter 4: Sovereignty Regimes at Work
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Index

About the author

Agnew is currently Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA). From 1975 until 1995 he was a professor at Syracuse University in New York. Dr. Agnew teachescourses on political geography, the history of geography, European cities, and the Mediterranean World.

Summary

This book offers a new way of thinking about sovereignty, both past and present. John Agnew challenges the widely accepted story that state sovereignty is in worldwide eclipse in the face of the overwhelming processes of globalization, offering a convincing framework that breaks with the either/or thinking of state sovereignty versus globalization.

Product details

• Authors: John Agnew, John A. Agnew
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781538105184
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0518-4
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Globalization; Globalization
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government policies, Human Geography, political geography;territoriality