Power politics and state formation in the twentieth century : the dynamics of recognition

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Title:

Author:

Coggins, Bridget

ISBN:

9781107047358

Personal Author:

Coggins, Bridget

Publication Information:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Physical Description:

viii, 271 s.

Contents:

1. States of uncertainty; 2. Statehood in theory and practice; 3. Research design and methodology; 4. Quantitative analyses; 5. International responses to secession in Yugoslavia: selected Yugoslavia timeline (1989-2011); 6. International responses to the Wars of Soviet succession: selected Soviet successor timeline (1989-2011); 7. Conclusions and substantive interpretations; Appendix A. Project codebook; Appendix B. Unique case ID

Abstract:

From Kurdistan to Somaliland, Xinjiang to South Yemen, all secessionist movements hope to secure newly independent states of their own. Most will not prevail. The existing scholarly wisdom provides one explanation for success, based on authority and control within the nascent states. With the aid of an expansive new dataset and detailed case studies, this book provides an alternative account. It argues that the strongest members of the international community have a decisive influence over whether today's secessionists become countries.

Subject Term:

Statsteori

Legitimitet

Stormagter

Uafhængighedsbevægelser

Nationalisme

Secession -- History -- 20th century.

Separatist movements -- History -- 20th century.

Nation-state -- History -- 20th century.

Legitimacy of governments -- History -- 20th century.

Nationalism -- History -- 20th century.

World politics -- 20th century.