What sovereignty is and what erodes STATE sovereignty

What is national sovereignty?

when a state has absolute power over the people within it’s territory

What is national sovereignty split into?

International sovereignty and External sovereignty

What is international sovereignty?

The ability to wield absolute power within a state

For example parliamentary sovereignty

What is external sovereignty?

The ability to act independently on the international stage

State can decide its own foreign policy without interference of other states or Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs)

What was the modern day concept of independent sovereign states created by?

Treaty of Westphalia 1648

Why was the treaty an important turning point in European world history

because it allowed state rulers to practice their religion of their choice without interference from other states

Some argue states has lost sovereignty in recent years why do these people believe in?

Post- sovereign state

What is post- sovereign state?

Where power has moved away from the state

What do people who believe we have lost state sovereignty believe about the Treaty of Westphalia?

where each state has it’s own national sovereignty has been made redundant

What are the 6 factors that affect state sovereignty?

Human Rights

Climate change

Globalisation

Military intervention

IGO’s

Regionalism

What is globalisation and how has it effected state sovereignty?

The growing interconnectedness of the world in trade, finance and production means that states have less independence than before

What is climate change and how has it effected state sovereignty?

Climate change is a global issue states need to work together through treaties like the Paris agreement 2015

What is human rights and how does it effect state sovereignty?

The creation of international courts and tribunals such as ICC means that member states should let their

What is military intervention and how does it effect state sovereignty?

There is a growing trend of military intervention for humanitarian issues e.g. in Iraq and Libya

This ignores the wishes of sovereign states that experience these interventions

What is IGO’s and how does it effect state sovereignty?

Hundreds of IGO’s such as IMF have been created since end of WW2

This had lead to loads of decisions being made at this level rather than state level

Example of IGO that effects world trade and erodes state sovereignty

World trade organisation sets tariffs on trade to create stability

What is regionalism and how does it effect state sovereignty?

The growth across the world of regional organisations such as African union and EU lead to decision making being at regional rather than state level