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

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Authors:
  1. Aleš Karmazin

    1. Institute of Political Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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  • Studies variation of sovereignty in the international order
  • Investigates how sovereignty is constituted differently in post-colonial states
  • Explores specific contested cases, including China and India

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations (PSIR)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 1-28

  3. Liquid Sovereignty: Theoretical and Analytical Approach

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 29-63

  4. China’s Approach to Sovereignty: A General Overview

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 65-95

  5. China-Hong Kong Relationship

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 97-123

  6. China-Taiwan Relationship

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 125-152

  7. India’s Approach to Sovereignty: A General Overview

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 153-182

  8. India-Kashmir Relationship

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 183-212

  9. India-Bhutan Relationship

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 213-236

  10. Conclusion

    • Aleš Karmazin
    Pages 237-257

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 259-262
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Political Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Aleš Karmazin

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

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

  • Authors: Aleš Karmazin

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in International Relations

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47905-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47904-5Published: 23 December 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-47907-6Due: 23 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-47905-2Published: 22 December 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2673

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2681

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 262

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International Relations Theory

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