Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics

Name: Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Hybrid Sovereignty in World PoliticsAuthor(s): Swati Srivastava\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009204477, 978-1009204477\nSynopsis\nThe idea of 'hybrid sovereignty' describes overlapping relations between public and private actors in important areas of global power, such as contractors fighting international wars, corporations regulating global markets, or governments collaborating with nongovernmental entities to influence foreign elections. This innovative study shows that these connections sometimes hidden and often poorly understood underpin the global order, in which power flows without regard to public and private boundaries. Drawing on extensive original archival research, Swati Srivastava reveals the little-known stories of how this hybrid power operated at some of the most important turning points in world history: spreading the British empire, founding the United States, establis.