Jörg Fisch

The Right of Self-Determination of Peoples

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9781107688209
• ISBN-10: 1107688205
• Artikelnr.: 42796070

Autorenporträt

Jörg Fisch is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Zurich.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: national unity and secession in the symbolism of power
Introduction: a concept and ideal
Part I. Theory of Self-Determination: 1. Individual self-determination
2. Collective self-determination
3. The people
4. Self-determination and the right of self-determination
Part II. Self-Determination in Practice: 5. The early modern period in Europe: precursors of a right of self-determination?
6. The first decolonization and the right to independence: the Americas, 1776-1826
7. The French Revolution and the invention of the plebiscite
8. From the European Restoration to the First World War, 1815-1914
9. The First World War and the peace treaties, 1918-23
10. The interwar period, 1923-39
11. The Second World War: the perversion of a great promise
12. The Cold War and the second decolonization, 1945-89
13. After 1989: the quest for a new equilibrium
Epilogue: the right of the weak.