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A Theory of Secession The Case for Political Self-Determination

Name: A Theory of Secession
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521849159
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Author: Christopher Heath Wellman
ISBN: 9780521849159

By Christopher Heath Wellman

Cambridge University Press October 2005

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ISBN-13: 9780521849159
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: October 2005
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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A Theory of Secession: The Case for Political Self-Determination offers an unapologetic defense of the right to secede. Christopher Heath Wellman argues that any group has a moral right to secede as long as its political divorce will leave it and the remainder state in a position to perform the requisite political functions. He explains that there is nothing contradictory about valuing legitimate states, while permitting their division.

Once political states are recognized as valuable because of the functions that they are uniquely suited to perform, it becomes apparent that the territorial boundaries of existing states might permissably be redrawn as long as neither the process, nor the result of this reconfiguration, interrupts the production of the crucial political benefits. Thus, if one values self-determination, then one has good reason to conclude that people have a right to determine their political boundaries.

Contents:: 1. Introduction; 2. The case for statism; 3. Valuing self-determination; 4. Lincoln on secession; 5. The truth in nationalism; 6. Political coercion and exploitation; 7. Secession and international law; 8. The velvet transformation.