R. Prokhovnik 
Sovereignties 
Contemporary Theory and Practice

Raia Prokhovnik develops a strong argument for sovereignty as a robust concept with many conceptualizations, and capable of further fruitful reconceptualization. The book explores contemporary theoretical developments and current political issues around sovereignty that have crucial practical and institutional implications.

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The Meaning of Sovereignty: The Politics and Ownership of the Concept From Internal/External to Post-States and Other Actors The Liberal and State Character of Modern Sovereignty The Metaphor of Sovereignty The Politics of Sovereignty Less is More: Sovereignty in Europe

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RAIA PROKHOVNIK is Reader in Politics at the Open University, UK. Her research interests are in contemporary political theory, sovereignty, international relations theory, early modern political thought, feminist political theory, and citizenship. Her previous books are
Spinoza and Republicanism (2004),
Rational Woman (2002), and
Rhetoric and Philosophy in Hobbes’s ‘Leviathan’ (1991).