Theories of Secession (European Political Science)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Series Editor’s preface......Page 9
Editor’s preface......Page 12
POLITICAL THEORIES OF SECESSION......Page 14
DOES THE PERMISSIVE LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE GO TOO FAR?......Page 16
FEDERATION INSTEAD OF SECESSION?......Page 18
SECESSION DEPENDING ON A BALANCE OF CONSIDERATIONS......Page 19
THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF SECESSION......Page 20
BETWEEN DEMOS AND ETHNOS......Page 21
REFERENCES......Page 23
THE RIGHT TO SECESSION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE......Page 26
THE PROBLEM OF SECESSION......Page 28
General considerations......Page 29
Secession: for and against......Page 30
Self-determination: individual and collective......Page 33
CONCLUSIONS......Page 39
NOTES......Page 42
3 A democratic theory of political self-determination for a new world order......Page 46
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE RIGHT OF POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION......Page 48
THE DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION......Page 49
THEORETICAL CONTEXT FOR THE THEORY OF POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION......Page 56
REPLIES TO OBJECTIONS WITHIN IDEAL WORLD THEORY......Page 59
REPLIES TO OBJECTIONS WITHIN REAL WORLD THEORY......Page 67
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 68
NOTES......Page 69
REFERENCES......Page 71
4 Territorial justice......Page 74
NOTES......Page 82
5 Secession and isolation......Page 84
REFERENCES......Page 101
6  Altered states......Page 104
JUSTIFYING SECESSION: LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC THEORIES......Page 107
CONTAINING IDENTITY: TIME, SPACE AND SAND THROUGH A SIEVE......Page 116
NOTES......Page 119
7 Is federalism a viable alternative to secession?......Page 122
TWO FORMS OF ETHNOCULTURAL PLURALISM......Page 124
FEDERALISM AND THE ACCOMMODATION OF ETHNOCULTURAL GROUPS......Page 129
Immigrant groups......Page 130
National minorities......Page 132
MULTINATIONAL VS. TERRITORIAL FEDERALISM......Page 134
HOW FLEXIBLE IS MULTINATIONAL FEDERALISM?......Page 137
Dividing powers in a multinational federation......Page 138
Drawing boundaries in a multinational federation......Page 145
FEDERALISM, SECESSION AND SOCIAL UNITY......Page 148
CONCLUSION......Page 151
NOTES......Page 152
8 National self-determination and national secession......Page 162
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VII......Page 171
VIII......Page 173
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X......Page 181
XI......Page 182
XII......Page 183
NOTES......Page 185
9 The Lincoln propositions and the spirit of secession......Page 192
THE LINCOLN PROPOSITIONS......Page 193
LIBERALISM, COMMUNITARIANISM AND THE LINCOLN PROPOSITIONS......Page 197
LINCOLN’S LEGACY AND THE SPIRIT OF SECESSION......Page 209
NOTES......Page 212
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III......Page 220
IV......Page 222
V......Page 224
VI......Page 226
VII......Page 228
VIII......Page 229
NOTES......Page 231
THE INSTITUTIONAL QUESTION......Page 238
Remedial Right Only theories......Page 241
A Remedial Right Only theory......Page 243
Ascriptive-Group theories......Page 244
Associative-Group theories......Page 245
Minimal realism......Page 247
Absence of perverse incentives......Page 248
Moral accessibility......Page 249
COMPARING THE TWO TYPES OF THEORIES......Page 250
Consistency with well-entrenched, morally progressive principles of international law......Page 251
The morally progressive interpretation of the principle of territorial integrity......Page 255
Avoiding perverse incentives......Page 256
Moral accessibility......Page 259
POLITICAL LIBERTY, THE HARM PRINCIPLE AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF INSTITUTIONAL MORALITY......Page 260
IDEAL VERSUS NON-IDEAL THEORY......Page 262
NOTES......Page 264
Index......Page 268