Sovereignty Suspended - Building the So-Called State

Rebecca Bryant and Mete Hatay develop the concept of the aporetic state to describe an entity that acts like a state even as nonrecognition renders it unrealizable. They argue that only by rethinking the de facto state as a realm of practice will we be able to understand the longevity of such states and what it means to live in them.

List of contents

Preface

Note on Toponyms and Turkish Pronunciation

Introduction. The Aporetic State

Part I. The Border That Is Not One

Chapter 1. Building a "Border"

Chapter 2. Mastering the Landscape

Chapter 3. Planting People

Part II. Enacting the Aporetic State

Chapter 4. The So-Called State

Chapter 5. The Political Economy of Spoils

Chapter 6. Federalism as Fetish

Part III. The Aporetic Subject

Chapter 7. Victim and Citizen

Chapter 8. The Ambiguities of Domination

Chapter 9. The Politics of Dis/simulation

Conclusion. The Absurdity of the Aporia

Appendix: Turkish Cypriot Institutions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Rebecca Bryant and Mete Hatay

Summary

Rebecca Bryant and Mete Hatay develop the concept of the aporetic state to describe an entity that acts like a state even as nonrecognition renders it unrealizable. They argue that only by rethinking the de facto state as a realm of practice will we be able to understand the longevity of such states and what it means to live in them.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Bryant, Rebecca Hatay Bryant, Rebecca/ Hatay Bryant, Mete Hatay
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.2020
• EAN: 9780812252217
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5221-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories