A theory of secession : the case for political self-determination /

A theory of secession : the case for political self-determination /

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Author / Creator:	Wellman, Christopher Heath.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 199 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Secession. Self-determination, National. Sovereignty. Secession. Self-determination, National. Sovereignty. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813189

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ISBN:	9780511349362 051134936X 128108543X 9781281085436 9780521849159 0521849152 9781107407237 1107407230 1107153247 9781107153240 9786611085438 6611085432 1139131192 9781139131193 0511350244 9780511350245 0511348398 9780511348396 0511347421 9780511347429 0511499264 9780511499265
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	A Theory of Secession: The Case for Political Self-Determination offers an unapologetic defense of the right to secede. Christopher Heath Wellman argues that any group has a moral right to secede as long as its political divorce will leave it and the remainder state in a position to perform the requisite political functions. He explains that there is nothing contradictory about valuing legitimate states, while permitting their division. Once political states are recognized as valuable because of the functions that they are uniquely suited to perform, it becomes apparent that the territorial boundaries of existing states might permissably be redrawn as long as neither the process, nor the result of this reconfiguration, interrupts the production of the crucial political benefits. Thus, if one values self-determination, then one has good reason to conclude that people have a right to determine their political boundaries.
Other form:	Print version: Wellman, Christopher Heath. Theory of secession. Cambridge ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521849152 9780521849159

Table of Contents:

Christopher Heath Wellman
A THEORY OF SECESSION
The Case for Political Self-Determination
Introduction
The Case for Statism
Valuing Self-Determination
Lincoln on Secession
The Truth in Nationalism
Political Coercion and Exploitation
Secession and International Law
The Velvet Transformation
Bibliography
Total Word Count of Text: 70,002.