{"product_id":"contested-territory-a-theory-of-land-and-democracy-beyond-sovereign-bounds-9780198922926","title":"Contested Territory: A Theory of Land and Democracy Beyond Sovereign Bounds","description":"Territorial sovereignty - the unilateral right of states to control their land and borders - is a fundamental ordering principle of contemporary politics, influencing mobility, settlement, access to land, and freedom. It has long been assumed that democracies require such territorial mastery to achieve self-determination without interference. But what if territorial sovereignty only serves the interests of conquerors and already powerful states? A sharper view of land politics in the modern era shows that territorial sovereignty has not only been established through conquest, but enables and encourages further forms of land monopolization, theft, and colonization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eContested Territory\u003c\/em\u003e argues that the perplexities of sovereignty should prompt us to explore alternative, non-sovereign territorial form capable of realizing the promise of democracy in the global age. To bring the potential of contested territory into focus, Jurkevics explores themes central to this tradition - land sharing, local land autonomy, legal pluralism, federation, cosmopolitan membership, and anti-colonialism - and probes their compatibility with democratic politics. The author then charts normative foundations for a cosmopolitan, democratic theory of territory. Through a critical engagement with the thought of Hannah Arendt - both her conceptualization of world-building and her rejection of sovereignty - this volume argues that it is both possible and desirable to decouple democracy and territorial sovereignty, and that by doing so we can better respond to the border-defying crises of the global age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Jurkevics, \u003cem\u003eAssistant Professor, University of British Columbia\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Jurkevics is a political theorist and an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Her research is in the fields of critical theory, democratic theory, and the history of German political thought. In her work, she investigates themes related to land and territory. She also specializes in the political thought of Hannah Arendt.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424326713618,"sku":"9780198922926","price":135.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2c62bc48-43ae-4cb6-8b49-f84364259a34.jpg?v=1751371161","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/contested-territory-a-theory-of-land-and-democracy-beyond-sovereign-bounds-9780198922926","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}