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principally the burden of holding together a large and diverse population spread across a vast territory. Superstates are distinguished from ordinary states by problems of governance that are intensified by scale, diversity, and complexity". In this view, a superstate need not be highly centralized, just as some empires were not highly centralized. Thus is it possible to describe the
European Union as a superstate without conceding that is a "centralized, unitary leviathan".
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885:, a superstate was defined as merely "an organisation, of which a state is a member, which is superior to the member themselves", in that " complete superstate has legislative, executive and judicial organs to make, to execute and to interpret its laws". According to this definition, Harriman saw the League of Nations as a "rudimentary superstate", and the
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operating on a
European wide scale", i.e., "a unitary European state". Especially after the European debt crisis, economic literature started to discuss the role of European union as a European superstate. In particular, they compared the emergence of a debt union to the federal structure of Germany.
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argues that superstates should be construed as hybrid forms of political organization: "Every superstate carries the burdens of statehood, that is, the duties of intensive governance and respect for human rights that are carried by all modern states. But superstates also carry the burdens of empire,
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contrasts the perspective of a "European superstate" to the ones of "a Europe of nation-states" and of "a post-sovereign
European polity". In her definition, a "European superstate is nothing more than a sovereign state - a tried and tested type of polity that predominates in the modern world -
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or union of nations", or "a hybrid form of polity that combines features of ancient empires and modern states." This is distinct from the concept of
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In the 1970s, academic literature used the term "superstate" to indicate a particularly rich and powerful state, in a similar fashion to the term
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Kiljunen, Kimmo (2004). The
European Constitution in the Making. Centre for European Policy Studies. pp. 21–26.
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This article is about the political concept. For the quantum mechanics principle, see
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Japan could displace the U.S. as the world's sole superpower
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Super-State: The New Europe and Its
Challenge to America
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as "an example of a complete and perfect superstate".
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Speech to the
College of Europe ("The Bruges Speech")
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Large and powerful state formed from smaller states
1281:/ Volume 21 / Issue 01 / February 1927, pp 137-140
881:. In a 1927 article by Edward A. Harriman on the
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1481:Superstates: Empires of the Twenty-First Century
1262:Superstates: Empires of the Twenty-First Century
1249:Superstates: Empires of the Twenty-First Century
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1275:The League of Nations a Rudimentary Superstate
869:, although these are sometimes seen together.
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1251:. (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2022), 122.
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1264:. (Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 2022), 17.
1181:List of countries and dependencies by area
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58:List of countries by system of government
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1428:"A Super Indebted European Superstate"
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1296:"Local and National Houses of Justice"
1146:The Outer Planets Alliance (OPA) from
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1314:– via Bahá’í Reference Library.
932:its economic growth in recent decades
930:in the (then) near future because of
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934:. The prediction proved groundless.
857:is defined as "a large and powerful
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1328:WICKRAMASINGHE, V. K. (June 1973).
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1409:Princeton University Press, 2009,
1353:"The Emerging Japanese Superstate"
14:
1954:
1426:Erkut, Burak (24 December 2015).
1318:
1279:American Political Science Review
1064:Interstellar Alliance (Babylon 5)
1438:: 4–10 – via ResearchGate.
1045:Federation of the Americas from
926:, becoming the world's foremost
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1535:Autonomous types of first-tier
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474:Separation of church and state
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1938:Political science terminology
1231:Oxford Dictionaries - English
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1103:United Federation of Planets
316:(socio-political ideologies)
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1351:Oka, Takashi (1970-12-13).
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384:(socio-economic ideologies)
54:List of forms of government
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26:Not to be confused with
1136:United States of Europe
1131:United States of Africa
1059:Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
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712:International relations
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1564:Cooperative federalism
1554:Asymmetric federalism
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995:Fictional superstates
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238:Military dictatorship
21:Quantum superposition
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1273:Edward A. Harriman,
1048:Call of Duty: Ghosts
1040:Nineteen Eighty-Four
1854:Territorial dispute
1834:Military occupation
1748:Dependent territory
1710:Supranational union
1685:Multinational state
1452:, 20 September 1988
1448:Margaret Thatcher,
1260:Roberts, Alasdair.
1247:Roberts, Alasdair.
1171:Imperial Federation
1088:Imperium of Mankind
1016:Earth Alliance in:
817:Politics portal
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1484:. Cambridge, UK:
1461:Stephen Haseler,
1389:978-92-9079-493-6
1311:978-0-87743-231-9
1237:on July 12, 2012.
1154:The Elder Scrolls
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