
Secession and State Creation
What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 9. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-19-049404-9 (ISBN)
Description
What makes a state? This question has attracted more and more attention in recent years with Catalan's illegal vote for independence from Spain and Palestine's ongoing search for international recognition. And while Scotland chose to remain with the United Kingdom, discussions of independence have only continued as the ramifications of the later Brexit vote begin to set in.
As James Ker-Lindsay and Mikulas Fabry show in this new addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know (R) series, the road to statehood does not run smooth. Declaring independence is only the first step; gaining both local and global acceptance is necessary before a state can become truly independent. The prospect of losing territory is usually not welcomed by the parent state, and any such threat to an existing culture and its economy is often met with resistance--armed or otherwise. Beyond this immediate conflict, the international community often refuses to accept new states without proof of defined territory, a settled population, and effective government, which frequently translates to a democratic one with demonstrated respect for human rights. Covering the legal, political, and practical issues of secession and state creation, Ker-Lindsay and Fabry provide an essential guide to this timely topic.
As James Ker-Lindsay and Mikulas Fabry show in this new addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know (R) series, the road to statehood does not run smooth. Declaring independence is only the first step; gaining both local and global acceptance is necessary before a state can become truly independent. The prospect of losing territory is usually not welcomed by the parent state, and any such threat to an existing culture and its economy is often met with resistance--armed or otherwise. Beyond this immediate conflict, the international community often refuses to accept new states without proof of defined territory, a settled population, and effective government, which frequently translates to a democratic one with demonstrated respect for human rights. Covering the legal, political, and practical issues of secession and state creation, Ker-Lindsay and Fabry provide an essential guide to this timely topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-049404-9 (9780190494049)
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Persons
James Ker-Lindsay is Eurobank Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Mikulas Fabry is Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mikulas Fabry is Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Author
Eurobank Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the European InstituteEurobank Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Statehood and Secession in International Politics
Chapter 2: Historical Approaches to State Creation and Secession
Chapter 3: State Creation and Secession since Decolonisation
Chapter 4: Independence and the Institutions of Statehood
Chapter 5: Joining the International Community
Appendix A: Growth of UN Membership, 1945-
Appendix B: UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV), 1960
Recommended Reading
Index
Chapter 1: Statehood and Secession in International Politics
Chapter 2: Historical Approaches to State Creation and Secession
Chapter 3: State Creation and Secession since Decolonisation
Chapter 4: Independence and the Institutions of Statehood
Chapter 5: Joining the International Community
Appendix A: Growth of UN Membership, 1945-
Appendix B: UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV), 1960
Recommended Reading
Index