The problem of sovereignty is one of the key issues of political philosophy as it prompts a key political question: "Who has the supreme state power?" Who is sovereign: the people, the representation, the monarch or God? The research of this topic was one of the most popular and fruitful areas...

This paper addresses the question of how traditional institutions interact with the forces of globalization to shape the economic mobility and welfare of particular groups of individuals in the new economy. We explore the role of one such traditional institution--the caste system--in shaping...