Index: S

This page forms part of the alphabetical index to the patterns of power commentaries and blog posts.

Sabotage, (6.7.7.1), (7.3.4), (7.3.4.3)

SADC, see Southern African Development Community (SADC) below

Saddam Hussein, (8.7) and see Index-Iraq

Sandel, Michael, (3.1.2.3), (3.5.9.1), (4.2.3.1), (4.3.5.3), (6.3.5.2), (6.7.2.2)

Sanders, Bernie, (6.3.2.5), (6.4.5.3), blog

Saudi Arabia – authoritarian, (6.3.1.4), (6.8.3.3), (9.2.1)

– economy, (3.5.8.4)

– foreign policy, (6.6.6.3), (7.2.7.1), (7.4.6.4)

Scams, (3.3.5), (7.2.2)

Schengen Area, (6.7.4.1) and see Index-European-Union-(EU)

SCO, see Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) below

Scotland, (6.6.4.1) and see Index-Britain

Second World War, (6.7.7.4) and see Index-Wars

Second World War – ensuing reforms, (5.3.5.5), (5.3.6), (6.6.6), (6.7.7.2), (9.5.1) and see Index-International-governance

Secular, (4.1.2)

Self-Protection, (2.7), and see Chapter 7

Sen, Amartya – capability approach, (2.2), (4.2.4.3) and see citations in blog posts

– comments on identity, (4.4.1)

– principles of justice, (2.3.1), (2.4)

– small-scale farming, (3.5.8.4),

– value of an impartial spectator, (4.2.4.1), (6.6.5.2), (6.7.2.3)

Sentencing lawbreakers, (5.2.6.3) and see Index-Legal-powers

Separation of powers, (5.1.3)(5.2.8), (5.4.2), (6.1.3)

– in authoritarian political systems, (5.3.3.1), (6.3.1.7)

– in international law, (5.3.6.4), (9.5.2)

Separatism, (6.6.3) and see citations in blog posts

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) – political collaboration, (6.6.6.3), (6.7.7.4

– security collaboration, (7.2.7), (7.2.7.1), (7.2.7.2)

– trade, (3.5.4.5)

Shareholders – investing for profit, (3.2.1), (3.5.3.6)

– role in corporate governance, (3.3.4.5), (3.3.5.1)

– role in finance sector, (3.2.7), (3.3.4.4), (3.5.5)

– share of wealth created, (3.5.6)

Shariah, (5.3.3.1), and see Index-Religion

Sharing wealth, (3.5.6), (6.7.2)

Sherbert Test, (5.4.3.2)

Shi’a Islam, (4.2.2.1), and see Index-Religion

Short-termism: business, (3.5.6.1)

Short-termism: politics, (6.4.2.2), (6.6.4.2), (9.4)

Sierra Leone, (6.7.7.2), (7.4.3.3)

Sincerity, (4.4.2.5), and see Index-Socially-acceptable-behaviour

Skidelsky, Robert,– need for public investment, (3.2.3.2)

– Just War theory, (4.3.5.5)

Slander, (5.4.5.4)

Sleaze, (3.3.7.3), (6.3.3.3), (6.4.5)

Slogans, (6.3.6), (6.4.2.4), (6.6.4)

Slums, (6.7.6.2)

Smith, Adam, economics of supply and demand, (3.2.1), (3.3.2), (3.3.5), (3.3.6)

– paying tax for shared services, (3.2.3.2), (3.5.1), (9.2.4)

– relative poverty, (6.7.2.3)

– value of an impartial spectator, (4.2.4.1), (4.3.2)

Social cohesion, (4.4.7), and see Index-Pluralism

Social democracy, (6.2.3), (6.2.3.1)

Social Identity Theory, (4.3.2.2), (4.4.5.1)

Social media, in politics, (6.4.2), (6.4.3.2and see citations in blog posts

– in personal relationships, (4.3.2.2), (4.3.2.3)

– in international relations, (6.4.5.4), (7.3.4.5), (7.3.5)

Social stability, (6.3.5.1), (6.7.2.2), (9.2.1), and see Index-Pluralism

Socialism, (6.2.1), (6.2.3), (6.2.3.2)

Socially-acceptable behaviour, (4.4.2) and see separate Index

Society, (4.1.1), (4.4.1) and see Index-Moral-influence

Socio-economic rights, (3.4.6), (4.2.4.3), (6.7.1), and see Index-human-rights

Soft power, (4.3.5.6), (6.7.7.3), (7.4.3.2), (9.5.4)

Solar energy, (3.5.7.5) and see Index-Climate-and-environment

Solar radiation management, (3.5.7.7) and see Index-Climate-and-environment

Soleimani assassination, (5.3.7)

South Africa – apartheid, (6.6.3.4)

– human rights, (5.4.7.4)

– impact of economic sanctions, (3.3.7.2)

– political alliances, (6.6.6.3)

– private security guards, (7.2.3.3)

South Ossetia, (7.3.2.1), (7.4.2.3)

Southern African Development Community (SADC), (3.4.1.2), (5.3.5.1), (6.6.5), (6.6.6.2)

Sovereignty – definition, (2.8.3), (5.2.3)

– EU pooled sovereignty, (5.3.5), (5.3.5.3), (6.6.5), (6.6.7.1), and see citations in blog posts

– international sovereignty, (5.3.7)

Sowell, Thomas, (6.2.4.1), (6.2.5)

Spain, Basque separatists, (6.6.3.3), (7.2.8), (9.6.2)

Spanish economy, (6.3.9), (6.7.1.4)

Spanish Inquisition, (4.3.3.3), (7.2.4.1)

Spanish political system, (2.8.4), (3.4.5.5), (6.3.1.4), (6.6.3.2)

Spying, (7.3.4), (7.3.4.1)

Srebrenica massacre, (6.6.3.3), (7.4.4)

Status anxiety, (4.3.2.3), (6.2.4.5), (6.3.2.5), (6.4.2.7), (6.7.8.4)

Subsidiarity – definition, (2.8)

– economic, (3.4), and see Index-Economic-governance

– legal, (5.3), and see Index-Legal-powers

– political, (6.6), (6.6.7), and see Index-Political-authority

Subsistence farming, (7.2.1)

Sudan, (5.3.6.2), (7.4.6.2), (9.2.1)

Suicide, (5.4.2), (5.4.4)

Suicide bombings, (7.4.1.2)

Sunak, Rishi, (5.2.5), (6.3.3.2), (6.7.4.1), (6.7.5.4), (6.8.4and see citations in blog posts

Sunni and Shi’a Islam, (4.2.2.1), and see Index-Religion

Supply and demand, (3.3.2), and see Index-Economic-governance

Surveillance, (4.4.3.2), (5.2.5.1), (5.4.7.4), (6.2.3.2), (7.3.2.3), (7.3.4.1)

Surveys, (6.3.1.8), (6.5.3.1)

Sustainable Development Goals, (3.5.7), (3.5.8.1), (6.7.5.2)

Swift, Jonathan, (4.4.5.1)

Sykes-Picot agreement, blog

Syria, (6.6.7.5), (8.3) and see citations in blog posts

Syrian civil war, (7.2.4.3)(7.3.2.4), and see Index-Wars