Liquid Sovereignty: Post-Colonial Statehood of China and India in the New International Order

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-47904-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in International Relations

This book project studies the variation of sovereignty in international order by analysing how the general model of sovereignty is localised in the political practice of two major non-Western rising powers, namely China and India. It aims to investigate how the sovereignty of these states is constituted, which includes the question of how sovereignty works and becomes constituted in specific contexts and cases that fall outside the discourses and positions of the so-called Westphalian (conservative, absolutist) sovereignty that is dominantly advocated by these two states on a global level. The core of this project explores specific contested cases and situates them vis-à-vis the broader approaches of China and India to sovereignty. I specifically analyse four particular cases: China’s approach to sovereignty in relation to Hong Kong and Taiwan and India’s approach to sovereignty in relation to Bhutan and Kashmir. In doing so, I will illustrate that sovereignty is a flexible and plasticphenomenon which can be intertwined with principles, models or practices that are usually seen as divergent from or contradicting sovereignty; for example, those that derive from China’s and India’s imperial and colonial history.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karmazin, Ale¿

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Liquid Sovereignty: Theoretical and Analytical Approach.- 3. China’s Approach to Sovereignty: A General Overview.- 4. China-Hong Kong Relationship.- 5. China-Taiwan Relationship.- 6. India’s Approach to Sovereignty: A General Overview.- 7. India-Kashmir Relationship.- 8. India-Bhutan Relationship.- 9. Conclusion.       

Über Autor(innen)

Aleš Karmazin is Lecturer at the Metropolitan University Prague and Researcher at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He has received his Master’s degrees in China studies from LSE and IR from Aberystwyth and PhD in IR from Charles University.