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), (6.7.2)
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)
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), (6.4.3.2) and 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)
– impact of economic sanctions, (3.3.7.2)
– political alliances, (6.6.6.3)
– private security guards, (7.2.3.3)
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)
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 bombings, (7.4.1.2)
Sunak, Rishi, (5.2.5), (6.3.3.2), (6.8.4) and 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)
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