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A theory of secession : = the case for political self-determination /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A theory of secession :/ Christopher Heath Wellman.
Reminder of title:	the case for political self-determination /
Author:	Wellman, Christopher Heath,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 199 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Secession. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511499265
ISBN:	9780511499265 (ebook)

A theory of secession : = the case for political self-determination /
Wellman, Christopher Heath,

A theory of secession :the case for political self-determination /Christopher Heath Wellman. - 1 online resource (x, 199 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Christopher Heath Wellman -- A THEORY OF SECESSION -- The Case for Political Self-Determination -- Introduction -- The Case for Statism -- Valuing Self-Determination -- Lincoln on Secession -- The Truth in Nationalism -- Political Coercion and Exploitation -- Secession and International Law -- The Velvet Transformation -- Bibliography -- Total Word Count of Text: 70,002.

First published in 2005, 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.

ISBN: 9780511499265 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

560480
Secession.

LC Class. No.: JC327 / .W46 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 320.1/5

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