Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics

List of contents

1. Hybrid sovereignty in international theory; 2. Ideal-types of public/private hybridity; 3. Hybrid sovereign empire in the English East India Company; 4. Contracting American wars through Blackwater; 5. Institutionalizing markets through the international chamber of commerce; 6. Shadowing for Human Rights through amnesty international; 7. Conclusions on Power and Responsibility in hybrid sovereignty.

About the author

Swati Srivastava is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. Her research has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Andrew Mellon Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, and International Studies Association. She is the founder of the Big Tech and Political Responsibility research lab at Purdue.

Summary

Analysing little known archival sources from the past two centuries, this study shows how non-state contractors, lobbyists, and advocates, working with governments, have exercised a hybrid form of sovereign power without authority in international relations.

Foreword

Argues that the global order is constructed from sovereign hybridity, where power flows without regard to public and private boundaries.

Product details

• Authors: Swati Srivastava, Swati (Purdue University Srivastava
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009204477
• ISBN: 978-1-00-920447-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 448 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements