This book offers an in-depth examination of the strategic use of State sovereignty in contemporary European and international affairs and the consequences of this for authority relations in Europe and beyond. It suggests a new approach to the study of State sovereignty, proposing to understand the use of sovereignty as games where States are becoming more instrumental in their claims to sovereignty and skilled in adapting it to the challenges that they face

Though the chapter authors have different perspectives on sovereignty, the impact of the book as a whole is to provide a distinctive inter-weaving of these perspectives such that the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts. This is a book that should acquire a wide readership: not just those interested in sovereignty per se or in disputes over its meaning but also those who have more practical concerns. This is a rich collection which will become a landmark study and that will repay reading by a wide audience." - John Agnew, University of California-Los Angels

Autorentext
T E Aalberts R Adler-Nissen J Bartelson T Gammeltoft-Hansen A Glencross C Herrmann A Leander O Spiermann N Walker W G Werner

Inhalt
An Introduction to Sovereignty Games; T.Gammeltoft-Hansen & R.Adler-Nissen PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES The Variety of Sovereignty; N.Walker Sovereignty Before and After the Linguistic Turn; J.Bartelson Playing with Sovereignty: Examples from the Theory and Practice of International Law; O.Spiermann PART II: VERTICAL SOVEREIGNTY GAMES Play Money? Contemporary Perspectives on Monetary Sovereignty; C.Herrmann Organised Duplicity? When States Opt Out of the European Union; R.Adler-Nissen Federalism, Confederalism and Sovereignty Claims: Understanding the Democracy Game in the European Union; A.Glencross PART III: HORIZONTAL SOVEREIGNTY GAMES Sovereignty Beyond Borders: Sovereignty, Self-Defense and the Disciplining of States; W.G.Werner & T.E.Aalberts Securing Sovereignty by Governing Security through Markets; A.Leander The Refugee, the Sovereign and the Sea: EU Interdiction Policies in the Mediterranean; T.Gammeltoft-Hansen Epilogue: Three Layers of a Contested Concept; R.Adler-Nissen & T.Gammeltoft-Hansen