SOVEREIGNTY Internal Sovereignty – power over subjects living within the state (unhampered by outside influences) External Sovereignty – right of the state for forge trade agreements and participate in the international community
SOVEREIGNTY VS. GLOBALIZATION? Japan’s Whaling Practices List reasons for/against the international community to pressure Japan to change its practices. Japan said that if trade sanctions took place, the US would be breaching trade agreements. Should the need to uphold trade agreements supersede the concerns of conservationists? In the end, what is more important: The rights of the people/state (cultural imperialism) or the concerns of the international community