TY - JOUR
T1 - European Spatial Planning Beyond Sovereignty
AU - Faludi, A.K.F.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - By definition sovereign, States find themselves inescapably in a situation of permanent competition. Moreover, given that an inherent quality of sovereignty is to exclude obeying whomever else, nobody, neither individuals nor institutions can arbitrate between them. This being the case, in the international arena power becomes the one and only currency. It seems basic even to each State’s survival: in this endless competition, the sustainability of each depends on the capacity to maintain a sufficient level of power.
AB - By definition sovereign, States find themselves inescapably in a situation of permanent competition. Moreover, given that an inherent quality of sovereignty is to exclude obeying whomever else, nobody, neither individuals nor institutions can arbitrate between them. This being the case, in the international arena power becomes the one and only currency. It seems basic even to each State’s survival: in this endless competition, the sustainability of each depends on the capacity to maintain a sufficient level of power.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133572421&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24306/TrAESOP.2020.02.002
DO - 10.24306/TrAESOP.2020.02.002
M3 - Article
SN - 2566-2147
VL - 4
SP - 99
EP - 110
JO - Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning
JF - Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning
IS - 2
ER -