According to the post-structuralist scholar R.B.J Walker the principle of State Sovereignty:
Correct answer: C. Emerged in an early modern Europe as a replacement for the principle of hierarchical subordination.
- A. Was created by the post 9/11 US as a tool in the global 'war on terror.'
- B. Is irrelevant to post-structuralism and international politics.
- C. Emerged in an early modern Europe as a replacement for the principle of hierarchical subordination.
- D. Emerged during the Russian revolution of 1917.World Current Affairs
Explanation
Walker links sovereignty to early modern Europe, where it helped replace a hierarchical order based on religious and imperial subordination with territorially bounded states. The concept therefore has a historical and political origin rather than being timeless or created after 9/11.
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