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In this chapter, I develop my theoretical and analytical approach. I depart from a theoretically and also politically conservative starting point—the debate between Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt as two prominent modern theorists of sovereignty—to show that sovereignty can and should be approached in a much less conservative way. The framework operationalises the liquidity of sovereignty along two axes: a primary axis focused on scaling and a complementary axis focused on temporal positioning. While working with the scalar and temporal perspectives covers the processual part of sovereignty, we still need a sense of what types of social ‘components’ to focus on. To this end, I propose an analytical composite, which connects institutions, discourses and practices.

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Karmazin, A. (2023). Liquid Sovereignty: Theoretical and Analytical Approach. In: Liquid Sovereignty: Post-Colonial Statehood of China and India in the New International Order. Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47905-2_2

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