The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession

Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession written by Aleksandar Pavković and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research companion has three complementary aims. First, to offer an overview of the current theoretical approaches to secession in the social sciences, international relations, legal theory, political theory and applied ethics. Second, to outline the current practice of international recognition of secession and current domestic and international laws which regulate secession. Third, to offer an account of major secessionist movements - past and present - from a comparative perspective.