{"id":5433,"date":"2017-10-24T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/?page_id=5433"},"modified":"2022-07-23T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T13:27:57","slug":"unsharing-sovereignty-g7-and-the-politics-of-international-statebuilding","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/publication\/unsharing-sovereignty-g7-and-the-politics-of-international-statebuilding\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unsharing\u2019 Sovereignty: g7+ and the Politics of International Statebuilding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018Unsharing\u2019 Sovereignty: g7+ and the Politics of International Statebuilding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citation:<\/strong> <div id=\"zotpress-f3cb78b72362f321f09b9de0a326f860\" class=\"zp-Zotpress zp-Zotpress-Bib wp-block-group\">\n\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_API_USER_ID ZP_ATTR\">383706<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ITEM_KEY ZP_ATTR\">{:3YXTCRIC}<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_COLLECTION_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TAG_ID ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_AUTHOR ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_YEAR ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_ITEMTYPE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_INCLUSIVE ZP_ATTR\">1<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_STYLE ZP_ATTR\">apa<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_LIMIT ZP_ATTR\">50<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SORTBY ZP_ATTR\">default<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ORDER ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TITLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SHOWIMAGE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_SHOWTAGS ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_DOWNLOADABLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_NOTES ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_ABSTRACT ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_CITEABLE ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_TARGET ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_URLWRAP ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZP_FORCENUM ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_HIGHLIGHT ZP_ATTR\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"ZP_POSTID ZP_ATTR\">5433<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"ZOTPRESS_PLUGIN_URL ZP_ATTR\">https:\/\/gentest.cahss.ed.ac.uk\/dev-peacerep\/wp-content\/plugins\/zotpress\/<\/span>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"zp-List loading\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zp-SEO-Content\">\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .zp-zp-SEO-Content -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .zp-List -->\n\t<\/div><!--.zp-Zotpress-->\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3057419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journal article in author\u2019s final version<\/a> or from <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ia\/iix188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the journal website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Policy points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fragile states in the Global South are taking a much more active role in development, peace- and statebuilding partnerships. The g7+ group acts as a catalyst in this regard.<\/li>\n<li>This active role is enabled \u2013 and at the same time contributes to \u2013 a \u2018global marketplace of political change\u2019 (Carothers\/Samet-Marram). An increasing variety of partnership opportunities provides states in the Global South with the means to flexibly accept or reject international support. The carrot & stick policies that enabled Global Governance since the end of the Cold War may have reached their historical end-point.<\/li>\n<li>This active role rests on a post-liberal claim of sovereignty, which effectively replaces the ideas of \u2018shared\u2019 or \u2018earned\u2019 sovereignty concepts as present in liberal interventionism or institutions of global governance, such as R2P or international criminal law. State authority becomes re-established in the Global South.<\/li>\n<li>International actors have to adapt to the condition of fluid multipolarity when pursuing development, state- or peacebuilding agendas. This means that their initiatives may not necessarily welcomed by partners, and that there are no disposable means to still pursue them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> In order to work, international peace \u2013 and statebuilding has had to reshape the traditional notion of state sovereignty and legitimize increasingly interventionist endeavours in terms of an attenuated \u2018shared\u2019 sovereignty. Over the last decade, however, governments in recipient states have pushed back, demanding a more active role in negotiating with their OECD counterparts. The g7+ group, an international organization of now 20 self-proclaimed fragile states, has evolved as a key actor from the global South dealing with international peace \u2013 and statebuilding. The group\u2019s approach to multilateral negotiations on development goals, and its creative use of donor concepts and approaches such as resilience, ownerships and measuring development progress, challenge the customary peace \u2013 and statebuilding practices. This challenge demonstrates that political elites in fragile states have started to self-confidentially occupy the arenas of statebuilding and development. This article argues that in so-doing the g7+ group establishes a post-liberal sovereignty claim that is based on two pillars: resilient nationhood, and selectivity in the application of global liberal principles. Since it relies on the development policy principle of national ownership, such post-liberal sovereignty is difficult to counter for actors subscribed to liberal norms. Effectively, sovereignty is \u2018unshared\u2019 again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: Statebuilding; Sovereignty; International Organization; Fragility; g7+<\/p>\n<p>Return to\u00a0search\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/publications-database\/\">all publications<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Unsharing\u2019 Sovereignty: g7+ and the Politics of International Statebuilding Citation: Download the journal article in author\u2019s final version or from the journal website. 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