Sovereignty in Africa: Quasi-Statehood and Other Myths in International Theory ; La soberanía en África: casi estados y otros mitos en la teoría internacional
This chapter focuses on two oft-repeated errors. One is the notion that Western states uniformly possess a certain organic coherence generated by a purposeful fit between state and nation, a legitimate state desire to maintain this relation, a proven state capacity to defend itself against competing entities. The other is that post-colonial sovereignty constitutes an historical deviation from Western norms, both as a juridical fiction and an empirical reality. [.] To illustrate my points, I will consider the historical forms of sovereignty that Western hegemons envisioned for Belgium and Switz... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Schlagwörter: | Régimen de soberanía / estado postcolonial / República Democrática del Congo/Zaire / Bélgica / Suiza / África / poder / Regime of sovereignty / post-colonial state / Democratic Republic of Congo/Zaire / Belgium / Switzerland / Africa / power |
Sprache: | Spanish |
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Link(s) : | https://revistas.uam.es/relacionesinternacionales/article/view/5100 |