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==Differing conceptual approaches== | ==Differing conceptual approaches== | ||
Sovereignty's definition, concept, and application has changed throughout history, especially during the Age of Enlightenment. The current notion of | Sovereignty's definition, concept, and application has changed throughout history, especially during the Age of Enlightenment. The current notion of state sovereignty contains four aspects consisting of territory, population, authority and recognition. According to Stephen D. Krasner, the term could also be understood in four different ways: | ||
:* Domestic sovereignty – actual control over a state exercised by an authority organized within this state. | :* Domestic sovereignty – actual control over a state exercised by an authority organized within this state. | ||
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According to Immanuel Wallerstein, another fundamental feature of sovereignty is that it is a claim that must be recognized by others if it is to have any meaning: | According to Immanuel Wallerstein, another fundamental feature of sovereignty is that it is a claim that must be recognized by others if it is to have any meaning: | ||
<blockquote>Sovereignty is more than anything else a matter of legitimacy [...that] requires reciprocal recognition. Sovereignty is a hypothetical trade, in which two potentially conflicting sides, respecting ''de facto'' realities of power, exchange such recognitions as their least costly strategy.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Sovereignty is more than anything else a matter of legitimacy [...that] requires reciprocal recognition. Sovereignty is a hypothetical trade, in which two potentially conflicting sides, respecting ''de facto'' realities of power, exchange such recognitions as their least costly strategy.</blockquote> | ||
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