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State having the highest authority over a territory
A sovereign state is a state that has sovereignty, that is, the highest authority over a territory. It is commonly understood that a sovereign state is independent. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may also refer to a constituent country, or a dependent territory. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Sovereign stateA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Exception beyond the sovereign state: Makhmour refugee camp between statism and autonomyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esq. ... A proclamationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Beyond the Sovereign StateCited 183 times
- Go sideways: List of states with limited recognitionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of sovereign statesA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A state (country) which has sovereignty over a defined geographic area, is independent of any other country, and has its own government.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Beyond the Sovereign State
Rethinking the sovereign state model
Liberalism, Nationalism and the Post-sovereign State
Thinking the Unthinkable: A Sovereign Palestinian State
The Jurisdiction of a Sovereign State
What constitutes the sovereign state?
Language diversity, language policy and the sovereign state
Sovereign State or Sovereign Group?
🆕 Influential since 2022
Exception beyond the sovereign state: Makhmour refugee camp between statism and autonomy
Towards a sociology of state investment funds? sovereign wealth funds and state-business relations in Saudi Arabia
Uncertainty Premia, Sovereign Default Risk, and State-Contingent Debt
Global Dissipation of Neoliberal Models and the Sovereign State Doctrine
Uncertainty Premia, Sovereign Default Risk, and State-Contingent Debt
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley Esq. ... A proclamationMassachusetts. Governor (1702-1715 : Dudley) · 1703
International civil litigation in United States courtsGary Born, Gary B. Born · 1989- 📕By the Honourable Thomas Fitch, Esq; governor ... of Connecticut ... A proclamationConnecticut. Governor (1754-1766 : Fitch) · 1759
Foreign relations lawCurtis A. Bradley · 2006- 📕By His Excellency Coll. Benjamin Fletcher, captain general and governour in chief of His Majesties province of New-York, &c. A proclamation[.]New York (State). Governor (1692-1698 : Fletcher) · 1696
- 📕By the Honourable Thomas Fitch, Esq; governor ... of Connecticut ... A proclamationConnecticut. Governor (1754-1766 : Fitch) · 1759
Sovereign investmentKarl P. Sauvant, Lisa E. Sachs · 2012- 📕A letter from a clergy-man in the city, to his friend in the country, containing his reasons for not reading the declarationGeorge Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax · 1688
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🔗 Related topics
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