Westphalian sovereignty

many forms of government such as absolute monarch, democracy, and dictatorship. In the past most of the world was monarch and still is today. Popular sovereignty was not introduced to the world until 1762 and did not take action until 1776 when America adopted it. However, it is quickly spreading throughout Europe today. Absolutism and popular sovereignty have many differences but are the two most common types of government on Earth. Absolutism is known for being under a single leader. Many…

As a reminder, the former US Congress and Framers stated that the only desire to stay in the country and become citizen were necessary to start the process. However, and due to the results already known, many of those then-authorized workers now are undocumented because they could not change their immigration status to another that allow them stay longer and permanently. The Fourteenth Amendment establishes that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the…

In Thomas Hobbs’s Leviathan, he asserts that to have order in a society there must be an absolute sovereignty to defend against war and conflicts and that within a society, there must be regulation to avoid internal conflict. Hobbs theorizes we must give up our individual rights to a greater governing authority and that doing so is essential to our survival. Indeed, his assertion is valid because human instinct tends to be self-interested; humans will do whatever it takes to survive, so an…

Today I will be talking about the never-ending problem that is known as sovereignty. Sovereignty is basically a self-rule within a country’s own boundaries. This creates a problem for all country’s simply because this establishes the question, “Is there a certain point in which the Country should intervene and disrupt sovereignty in another community.” Basically, there are certain points in which some things might happen, resulting in the United States needing to respond. However, we must keep…

RESEARCH QUESTION Consider how Canadian colonial policy has affected Aboriginal sovereignty in the post-confederation Canada and modern day Canada; examine factors that influenced the right to exercise these sovereignty claims through a Foucauldian lens considering race and racialization. METHODOLOGY I will be evaluating my question as a within-case comparison, looking that the differences over time, in this instance post-confederation Canada (1867) and modern day Canada…

political communities. Secondly, the rapid increase in globalization has caused state sovereignty to decline. Lastly, the increase in transnational corporations has had a negative impact on states. The weakening of state power has created a…

In Hass’s article, he describes the concept of basic sovereignty, which is the final authority and every right of a nation, insufficient to stabilize international order. With today’s disrupted international order, the globalizing world is filled with problems having to do with climate, network, chaos, and public health. This is because countries have had the same traditional sovereignty system, and it is time to evolve in the globalizing world. For so long, this operating system has been mainly…

Our Constitution: Does it need to be reformed? Anybody who has ever run knows you can’t just randomly go out a run five miles without pain or taking breaks. It takes time, dedication, and patience to get into shape for running so that you are able to run those five miles painless and efficiently. Take that into consideration for a national state convention, you can’t just call for one and expect everything to run smoothly. It takes small steps in order to pursue great things. If the states were…

Popular sovereignty is the idea that the authority of the state and its government is created and managed by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives who are the head of the political power. In essence, popular sovereignty is an idea which may not necessarily reflect or describe the reality of a political setting. Popular sovereignty is needed by each states in Agonistan. Majoritarian and Minoritarian argues that popular sovereignty demands for equal rights of all…

For centuries, China has maintained its power and influence by enforcing the system of Feudalism. However, industrial developments, globalization, and exchange of political thought have forced China to reconsider its administration. Historically, China has gone through multiple transitions — through hierarchal feudal state, communist municipal and disciplinary regime. There is one notable unchanging, and static fact— that throughout these platforms, China was never ruled collectively (even…