Creating new states : theory and practice of secession /

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Author / Creator:Pavković, Aleksandar.
Imprint:Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Description:277 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6659420
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Other authors / contributors:Radan, Peter.
ISBN:0754671631 (alk. paper)
9780754671633 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-269) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • What is Secession?
  • Part I. Secession in Practice: Secessions and secessionist movements
  • Peaceful secession: Norway, Slovakia and Quebec
  • Violent secession: Biafra, Bangladesh, Chechnya
  • Multiple secessions and dissolution of states: the USSR and Yugoslavia
  • Part II. Secession in Theory: Explanatory theories
  • Normative theories
  • Secession and the law
  • Why new states?
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Index