On the Devolution of State Power: Comment on Wagar's "Praxis"
When we examine Wagar 's proposition that a universal world-state might, ultimately, devolve the world-state's sovereignty upon its constituent communities,two questions come to mind. First, it seems natural to ask whether or not a particularist nation-statemight not do the same; that is t...
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| description | When we examine Wagar 's proposition that a universal world-state might, ultimately, devolve the world-state's sovereignty upon its constituent communities,two questions come to mind. First, it seems natural to ask whether or not a particularist nation-statemight not do the same; that is to say, is a world-statea prerequisite for the devolution of state power? Second, and more basically, one may question whether it is likely or even possible that a state would devolve its sovereignty upon its constituents; we know that states have given up sovereignty in order to gain the advantages of membership in larger entities, but have the rulers of a state ever given up state power in favor of lower levels of organization? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-441913090fa642e29667fd7311ac2f532022-12-22T03:51:22ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of World-Systems Research1076-156X2015-08-0121495310.5195/jwsr.1996.7670On the Devolution of State Power: Comment on Wagar's "Praxis"Salvatore J. Babones0University of SydneyWhen we examine Wagar 's proposition that a universal world-state might, ultimately, devolve the world-state's sovereignty upon its constituent communities,two questions come to mind. First, it seems natural to ask whether or not a particularist nation-statemight not do the same; that is to say, is a world-statea prerequisite for the devolution of state power? Second, and more basically, one may question whether it is likely or even possible that a state would devolve its sovereignty upon its constituents; we know that states have given up sovereignty in order to gain the advantages of membership in larger entities, but have the rulers of a state ever given up state power in favor of lower levels of organization?http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/76 |
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