Aleksandar Pavkovic, Peter Radan

Creating New States

Theory and Practice of Secession

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This key volume examines the political, social and legal processes of the practice of secession, carefully illustrated by eight case studies. It systematizes our present knowledge of secession in an accessible way to readers not familiar with the phenomenon and its consequences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780754671633
• ISBN-10: 0754671631
• Artikelnr.: 23466601

Autorenporträt

Aleksandar Pavkovic is Lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Relations, at Macquarie University, Australia. Peter Radan is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Law, at Macquarie University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
What is Secession? Part I Secession in Practice: Secessions and secessionist movements
Peaceful secessions: Norway, Slovakia and Quebec
Violent secessions: Biafra, Bangladesh, Chechnya
Multiple secessions and state dissolution: the USSR and Yugoslavia. Part II Secession in Theory: Theoretical approaches to secession: an introduction
Explanatory theories
Normative theories
Secession and the law
Why new states?
References
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.