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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

John Agnew is Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. A native of Cumbria in England, he has taught at a number of US, Canadian, and European universities. A Fellow of the British Academy, in 2019 he received the Vautrin Lud Prize, the highest academic award for the field of geography. As well as being the founding editor of Territory, Politics, Governance, he is on numerous editorial boards including the Review of International Political Economy, International Political Sociology, and the European Journal of International Relations. For 2008-9 he was President of the American Association of Geographers and he is currently President of the Regional Studies Association. He is the author of numerous books including Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Power (2005), Globalization and Sovereignty: Beyond the Territorial Trap (2017), and Mapping Populism: Taking Politics to the People (with M. Shin 2019).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Agnew, John A. Agnew
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781538105184
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0518-4
• Pagine: 290
• Serie: Globalization; Globalization
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 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