INTERNAL SOVEREIGNTY
The concept referring to the supreme power or authority within a state, where decisions made by the relevant authority are binding on citizens, groups, and institutions within the state's territorial borders.
Internal sovereignty
The concept referring to the state's absolute and unlimited authority as an actor in world affairs, implying that there is no higher authority controlling the state in external affairs.
External sovereignty
A government has authority to make laws that are binding on all citizens, groups, and institutions within its territory. At the same time, the state is free to conduct its foreign affairs without being controlled by another state. Which two dimensions of sovereignty are demonstrated?
Internal & external sovereignty
The question concerning where final and ultimate political authority should be located within a political system, particularly regarding who has the power to make decisions that are binding on everyone within the state.
Ultimate authority
The principle that protects a state's right to maintain control over its own territory and prevents other states from legally violating or taking control of that territory.
Territorial integrity
A government claims that no foreign country has the right to interfere when it abuses its own citizens because the state possesses external sovereignty. Human-rights organizations argue that serious abuses cannot be protected by sovereignty. What fundamental tension does this situation illustrate?
Clue: ____ vs ____
Sovereignty vs. human rights
The traditional form of sovereignty in which ultimate political and law-making authority is concentrated in the hands of a single ruler, such as an absolute monarch.
Absolute sovereignty
The principle that allows a state to determine its own political system and make its own political decisions without being controlled by another state.
Political independence
A monarch claims to possess the final authority to make laws, while Rousseau argues that ultimate authority belongs to the people. What fundamental issue are these two positions debating?
The source of internal sovereignty
The concept developed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in which ultimate political authority is not vested in a monarch but belongs to the people themselves through the idea of the general will.
Popular sovereignty
The principle that can come into conflict with external sovereignty when a state claims the right to control its own internal affairs but is accused of seriously violating the rights of its citizens.
Human rights
A state has an elected government, a permanent population, a defined territory, and an effective government. However, it has limited control over parts of its territory and cannot always enforce its laws there. Which aspect of statehood is most directly questioned?
Effective government
The political idea associated with Rousseau that became an important foundation of modern democratic theory by arguing that the legitimate source of political authority is ultimately the people.
Popular sovereignty
The global process involving increasing economic, political, social, and technological interconnectedness that has placed pressure on the traditional idea that states are fully autonomous and independent actors.
Globalization
A country has popular sovereignty because its citizens are the ultimate source of political authority, and it is legally recognized as an independent state with territorial integrity. However, globalization and economic dependence significantly limit its ability to make completely independent decisions. What does this case suggest about the difference between formal sovereignty and the practical exercise of sovereignty?
Sovereignty can be formal but constrained in practice.