The Dynamic of Secession : an Analytical Framework
This book, first published in 1999, offers a general explanation for the occurrence of the phenomenon of secessionist activity, arising from a comparative study of numerous historical examples of secession and separatist conflict. The book develops a comprehensive framework, specifying the elements necessary for a secession crisis, and discussing the moral issues underpinning such a decision. The author examines the political, economic and social costs and benefits of a community's two alternatives - continued integration in the existing state and secession - which enter into decision-making p
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Cover
Half-title
Series-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
I Introduction
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical foundation for analysis of the decision to secede
Disintegration and the ""secession crisis""
The four necessary elements of a secession crisis
A note on the moral justification underpinning secession
The framework
A note on the cost/benefit approach
A note on the units of analysis
II The costs and benefits
3 The benefits of membership
Security benefits
Czech desires for a Bohemian Kingdom within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The hasty creation of Yugoslavia
Economic benefits
Quebec: economic ties that bind
The abandoned Soviet Central Asian republics
Social benefits
The Romansch
The Karen
The Slovaks and the creation of Czechoslovakia
4 The costs of secession
State opposition
The Nagas: the precedent for Indian policy
The Kurds: repression on three fronts
International hostility
Self-determination
Territorial integrity
Explicit condemnation of secession
5 The costs of membership
Mortal threats to the distinct community. Deportation and famine: Soviet mistreatment of its minorities, 1930-1945
Turkish mistreatment of its Armenian community, 1915-1917
Cultural threats to the distinct community
''The Last Huron syndrome''
Forcible cultural assimilation: the Kurds as ""mountain Turks""
6 The benefits of secession
Elite interests
Separatist agitation in Nigeria
The principle of national self-determination
The origins of the principle
The nature of the benefits
The controversy surrounding the principle
III The dynamic of secession. 7 ""Last resorts"": a rise in the costs of membership
Mortal threats to the distinct community
The republic of Biafra
The Bengali secession
Cultural threats to the distinct community
The Southern Sudanese: religious persecution
8 ""Opportune moments"": a reduction in the costs of secession
Collapse of the central government
Russia, 1917-1922: a deluge of secession crises
External support
India: midwife to the birth of Bangladesh
Turkey's creation: the Turkish republic of northern Cyprus
9 A reduction in the benefits of membership
State policies. The Norwegian secession
""Mature anarchy"" and economic integration: developments in the international system
Catalan separatism
Quebecois separatism
Security requirements
Economic integration
10 A rise in the benefits of secession
Elite interests revisited
The principle of national self-determination revisited
""Quasi-statehood""
Political infrastructure
Economic infrastructure
11 Conclusion
Main conclusions
Implications for the concept of sovereignty
The prevention and resolution of secession crises
Future trends in secession
Bibliography
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