Sovereignty Fragments Past Present Future Contested Con… Hardcover 9781107000049

Cambridge University Press

Sovereignty in FragmentsThe Past, Present and Future of a Contested Concept\nAuthor(s): Hent Kalmo, Quentin Skinner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107000049, 978-1107000049\nSynopsis\nThe political make-up of the contemporary world changes with such rapidity that few attempts have been made to consider with adequate care, the nature and value of the concept of sovereignty. What exactly is meant when one speaks about the acquisition, preservation, infringement or loss of sovereignty? This book revisits the assumptions underlying the applications of this fundamental category, as well as studying the political discourses in which it has been embedded. Bringing together historians, constitutional lawyers, political philosophers and experts in international relations, Sovereignty in Fragments seeks to dispel the illusion that there is a unitary concept of sovereignty of which one could offer a cle.