Table 1 The state-relational and people-relational sovereignty scripts.
From: Post-pandemic Southeast Asia: revisiting the relevance of the sovereignty script
Referent Object 1: State apparatus | Referent Object 2: People |
|---|---|
State-relational script: State as an interdependent actor; managing interdependence to bolster state apparatus; strategic and symbolic engagement with other actors as the main mode of governance. | People-relational script: State as part of a community of providers, providing public goods for people in and beyond state boundaries, partnering with external organizations as the main mode of governance. |
