Sovereignty is among the most important phenomena for making sense of political life. But there are many mistaken assumptions associated with the concept. This book provides a new and somewhat unorthodox interpretation of it from the standpoint of a theory of practice.

Stephen Eric Bronner is Board of Governors Professor (Emeritus) of Political Science at Rutgers University. Co-Director of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue, Director of Global Relations at the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers, he has taken part in missions of civic diplomacy in Darfur, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and elsewhere. Professor Bronner's writings have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he has been the recipient of many awards, including the 2011 MEPeace Prize from the Middle East Political Network based in Jerusalem.

Introduction: Terms and Conditions Part 1 1. Roots 2. Imperial Designs 3. Principles and Interests Part 2 4. The Sovereign's Will 5. Gangster Sovereigns 6. Genocidal Sovereigns 7. Sovereign Judgments Part 3: Intermezzo 8. Competing Sovereigns-A History Lesson Part 4 9. Popular Sovereignty 10. The Republican Sovereign 11. Socialist Sovereigns Part 5 12. The Last Sovereign 13. Cyberspace 14. Cosmopolitan Sovereignty