Sovereignty
* also serves to justify restrictive immigration policies in nations in the world system.
* can also be absolute or non-absolute.
* comes from the feudal system of medieval Europe where power flowed up pyramid-style.
* concept fundamental to our freedom
  - that is either dying or undergoing radical transformation
* delegation from the people to the government of the right to govern.
* geographical matter.
* has various meanings in theology also.
* implies authority, and authority is the right to rule.
* is an abstract notion that makes people's feelings very strong
  - ideological concept without geographical barriers
  - inherent characteristic of any government
  - internationally recognized concept
  - indeed the key principle of the current state system
  - of positive significance as a distinguishing feature of the nation-state
  - often a hard concept for people to grasp
  - really a feudal or imperial concept
  - seen sometimes as individual, sometimes as group
  - something nations are willing sell only to other nations
* is the defining attribute of a state
  - embodiment of a sense of national unity
  - honor of a nation
  - necessary predicate of self-government
* means each tribe has the right to choose what it wants to do
  - self-determination as a separate distinct governmental entity
  - supremacy of authority to rule
  - that the global system is based on a requirement for unanimous consensus
* particularly sensitive issue in the developing world.
* provides the theoretical foundation for the concept of the state.
* refers to the absolute power to govern
  - sanctity of international borders
* resides exclusively in the people
  - in the people from whom all state authority is derived
* suggests that a national government has a right to prevent secession.
* word that is often used wrongly.
+ Sovereign state, What a sovereign state is
  * Sovereignty is a word that is often used wrongly. Lassa Oppenheim said that there is no idea whose meaning is more  than sovereignty. No one argues the fact that from the time the idea of sovereignty was first used in political science until now, there has never been one meaning that everyone agreed on.

Scholarship
* Some scholarships are memorials for people who have made contributions to their profession.
* also play a role in how a student's performance is measured.
* are a form of financial aid helping students to pay for their college tuition
  - an investment in a student's future
  - monetary awards for academic excellence or community service
  - one means by which the university recognizes high achievement
  - probably the most popular form of paying for college
* becomes spiritual when it serves the needs of others.
* commitment to learning.
* encompasses the activities of discovery, integration, application, and teaching.
* form of work like any other.
* is aid
  - also an integral part of Greek life
  - both the grasp of a realm of knowledge and a habit of mind
  - creative intellectual work that is communicated and validated
  - determined by academic average and pride in the pursuit of knowledge
  - fundamental to the well-being of college teachers
  - in form of hourly wages
  - one of the most important aspects of college life
  - pacts
* is the broader term which reflects inquiry into one's field
  - organisation and distillation of existing knowledge
  - wealth of the community
  - thus the science of debugging cognitive illusions from reasoning