Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest

The world has seen over recent months an increase in the level of social unrest in response to both the imposition by governments of austerity measures and attempts by civilians to overthrow undemocratic and repressive regimes. This unprecedented and extensive level of unrest across diverse politica...

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Main Author: Westaway, Jennifer
Format: Journal Article
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45009
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description The world has seen over recent months an increase in the level of social unrest in response to both the imposition by governments of austerity measures and attempts by civilians to overthrow undemocratic and repressive regimes. This unprecedented and extensive level of unrest across diverse political and economic environments has raised many questions as to the causes and consequences, not the least of which is the challenge to the sovereignty of the state and the role of globalization. This paper will discuss the social unrest consequences of globalization and consider whether globalization has undermined the concept of state sovereignty to such an extent that the social unrest in evidence is in effect the beginning of a new era in international law and international relations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-450092017-09-13T15:57:40Z Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest Westaway, Jennifer globalization international law sovereignty social unrest The world has seen over recent months an increase in the level of social unrest in response to both the imposition by governments of austerity measures and attempts by civilians to overthrow undemocratic and repressive regimes. This unprecedented and extensive level of unrest across diverse political and economic environments has raised many questions as to the causes and consequences, not the least of which is the challenge to the sovereignty of the state and the role of globalization. This paper will discuss the social unrest consequences of globalization and consider whether globalization has undermined the concept of state sovereignty to such an extent that the social unrest in evidence is in effect the beginning of a new era in international law and international relations. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45009 10.5539/jpl.v5n2p132 Canadian Center of Science and Education fulltext
spellingShingle globalization
international law
sovereignty
social unrest
Westaway, Jennifer
Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest
title Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest
title_full Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest
title_fullStr Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest
title_full_unstemmed Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest
title_short Globalization, Sovereignty and Social Unrest
title_sort globalization, sovereignty and social unrest
topic globalization
international law
sovereignty
social unrest
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45009