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Power politics and state formation in the twentieth century : the dynamics of recognition
- Title
- Power politics and state formation in the twentieth century : the dynamics of recognition / Bridget Coggins.
- Author
- Coggins, Bridget
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 271 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 tomorrow and that, most often, their support is conditioned on parochial political considerations"--
- Subjects
- Nationalism > History > 20th century
- Soviet Union > History > Autonomy and independence movements
- Legitimacy of governments > History > 20th century
- Yugoslavia > History > Autonomy and independence movements
- Secession > History > 20th century
- World politics > 20th century
- Separatist movements > History > 20th century
- Nation-state > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 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 I.D.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-4864
- ISBN
- 9781107047358 (hardback)
- 1107047358 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013044582
- OCLC
- 865543857
- Author
- Coggins, Bridget, author.
- Title
- Power politics and state formation in the twentieth century : the dynamics of recognition / Bridget Coggins.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-4864