Self-determination in the early twenty-first century : a double edged concept
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Self-determination in the early twenty-first century : a double edged concept
(Association for the study of nationalities)
Routledge, 2016
- : hbk
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
In a world in which change is constant, the principle of self-determination is important. Through (collective) acts of self-determination, nations exercise the right to govern themselves. At present the nation-state system with which we are familiar faces several challenges. In Western Europe, sub-state nationalism is on the rise. In the Middle East and North Africa, the state system bequeathed by former colonial powers faces increasing threats from pan-Islamist movements. Overall, the established order faces unprecedented uncertainties. The scholars who have contributed to this volume assess the merits, limitations and trajectories of self-determination in the twenty-first century, pointing to the paradoxes and anomalies that are encompassed by what at first sight is a simple and seductive concept. From the perspective of the twenty-first century and informed by a wealth of experience each of the contributors to this volume offers some valuable and intriguing observations on the future of self-determination and the movements its call engenders.
This book was published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Karl Cordell (School of Government, Plymouth University) Self-determination and the End of History 2. The Daily Plebiscite as 21st-Century Reality Aviel Roshwald (Department of History, Georgetown University) 3. Paradoxes of violence and self-determination Matthew Anthony Evangelista (Politics, Cornell University) 4. Self-Determination in the Post-State Formation Era: New Trajectories for an International Order Principle in the 21st Century Oded Haklai (Politics, Queen's University) The Dangers of Self-Determination 5. The Confused Compass: From Self-Determination to State-Determination Uriel Abulof (LISD/WWS, Princeton University
- Politics, Tel-Aviv University) 6. Self-Determination as Pretext for Imperialism: The Russian Experience Mark R. Beissinger (Politics, Princeton University) 7. The Evils of Self-determination Amitai Etzioni (International Affairs, George Washington University) Self-Determination and the Politics of Identity 8. The Right to Self-determination as a Claim to Independence in International Relations Practice Mikulas Fabry (International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology) 9. Constructing the 'Self': Visual Representations of the Nation in the case of Iraqi Kurd and Bosnian Serb Claims for the Right to Self-Determination Outi Keranen (Political Science, University College London) & Zeynep Kaya 10. What Role do Leaders Play in Movements for Self-Determination? A Case of Emerging Separatism in Eastern Ukraine Elise Giuliano (International Relations and Comparative Politics, Columbia University) 11. Self-determination and majority-minority relations in deeply divided societies: a comparative analytical framework Ilan Peleg (Government & Law, Lafayette College) Self-determining the State 12. Stateness, National Self-determination and War and Peace in the 21st Century Benny Miller (Politics, Haifa University) 13. The consequences of democracy: On Catalonia's self-determination Montserrat Guibernau (Politics, Queen Mary University of London) 14. A Brief History of Self-Determination Referendums Before 1920 Matt Qvortrup (Management and Security, Cranfield University) 15. Conclusion Wolfgang Danspeckgruber (LISD/WWS, Princeton University) and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
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