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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458386103321

Autore

Pavković Aleksandar

Titolo

Creating new states [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice of secession / / by Aleksandar Pavković with Peter Radan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-317-15847-4

1-317-15846-6

1-281-23832-5

9786611238322

0-7546-8518-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RadanPeter

Disciplina

320.1/5

Soggetti

Secession

Nation-state

Self-determination, National

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-269) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is secession? -- Secessions and secessionist movements -- Peaceful secessions : Norway, Slovakia and Quebec -- Violent secessions : Biafra, Bangladesh, Chechnya -- Multiple secessions and state dissolution : the USSR and Yugoslavia -- Explanatory theories -- Normative theories -- Secession and the law -- Why new states?

Sommario/riassunto

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.