Bringing together a range of specialists in their respective fields, the book provides a combination of original research with fundamental questions about why states stay together, and above all why sometimes they fall apart. When and under what conditions is the separation of one part of a state from another justified? Written in an accessible and informed manner, the authors seek to answer this question on the basis of ten case studies and a general review of the literature and theories of the question.
Author(s): Bruno Coppieters, Richard Sakwa
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 304
Contents......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 12
2. A Nation Confronting a Secessionist Claim: Italy and the Lega Nord......Page 33
3. Discussing Autonomy and Independence for Corsica......Page 60
4. Self-Determination in Cyprus: Future Options within a European Order......Page 82
5. Britain and Ireland: Towards a Post-nationalist Archipelago......Page 108
6. The Right to Self-Determination and Secession in Yugoslavia: A Hornets' Nest of Inconsistencies......Page 123
7. Special Status for Tatarstan: Validity of Claims and Limits on Sovereignty......Page 144
8. Chechnya: A Just War Fought Unjustly?......Page 167
9. War and Secession: A Moral Analysis of the Georgian–Abkhaz Conflict......Page 198
10. A Case of Ambiguity: Unravelling Dichotomies in Quebec Secessionist Discourse......Page 224
11. A Unified China or an Independent Taiwan? A Normative Assessment of the Cross-Strait Conflict......Page 239
12. Conclusion: Just War Theory and the Ethics of Secession......Page 263
C......Page 291
D......Page 292
J......Page 293
N......Page 294
R......Page 295
T......Page 296
Z......Page 297
