The Sovereignty Cartel
The Sovereignty Cartel by J. Samuel Barkin, published by Cambridge University Press on August 12, 2021, is a comprehensive examination of the concept of sovereignty within international relations. Spanning 270 pages, this book delves into the complexities surrounding state authority, its historical context, and its evolving nature. Barkin addresses critical questions about the essence of sovereignty, particularly focusing on the collaborative dynamics among states that sustain it in global politics.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis of how state collusion underpins the notion of sovereignty, emphasizing its role in international law, political economy, security, and migration. The book posits that states collectively benefit from the exclusivity of sovereignty, granting rights to one another irrespective of their varying power or wealth. By framing sovereignty as a dynamic set of property rights shaped by state interactions, Barkin offers a fresh perspective on its significance within the sovereign states system.
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Sovereignty is the subject of many debates in international relations. Is it the source of state authority or a description of it? What is its history? Is it strengthening or weakening? Is it changing, and how? This book addresses these questions, but focuses on one less frequently addressed: what makes state sovereignty possible? The Sovereignty Cartel argues that sovereignty is built on state collusion – states work together to privilege sovereignty in global politics, because they benefit from sovereignty’s exclusivity. This book explores this collusive behavior in international law, international political economy, international security, and migration and citizenship. In all these areas, states accord rights to other states, regardless of relative power, relative wealth, or relative position. Sovereignty, as a (changing) set of property rights for which states collude, accounts for this behavior not as anomaly (as other theories would) but instead as fundamental to the sovereign states system.
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