Author: Stephen D. Krasner | Journal of Democracy

Stephen D. Krasner is Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. His books include Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy (1999) and Problematic Sovereignty (2001).

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

Building Democracy After Conflict: The Case for Shared Sovereignty

Stephen D. Krasner

In the conditions of today's world, countries that are in a bad way as regards some aspects of their governance may benefit from agreeing to share portions of their sovereignty with external actors.