Sovereignty

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Sovereignty

The legal right of a state to govern its own affairs in its own territory without outside interference. Sovereignty may reside with an individual (such as a monarch, sometimes known as a sovereign), a body (such as a parliament) or with the populace as a whole. The notion of sovereignty is less clear in federal governments like the U.S. and Canada, as sovereignty is split between the national government and the regional governments. This is a matter of considerable controversy in some countries.

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Sovereignty building differs from state building in terms of its principal focuses, primary level of analysis, and ontological premises.

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China will need considerable convincing if it is to participate in a framework of regional policy consultation, coordination and compromise aimed at muting the tensions over sovereignty disputes.

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Constitutions throughout the world declare that sovereignty lies with the people, yet the declaration often grants no real rights and does nothing to check the power of governments to control, rather than represent, the people.

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Therefore, in the beginning it is necessary to answer to the cultural relativism critique to human rights, followed by an answer to the sovereignty critique.

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One stresses the desire to live outside state sovereignty that has become familiar since Scott (1998) argued that it was a central aim of so many people living on the periphery of nation states.