Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-269) and index
What is secession? -- Secessions and secessionist movements -- Peaceful secessions : Norway, Slovakia and Quebec -- Violent secessions : Biafra, Bangladesh, Chechnya -- Multiple secessions and state dissolution : the USSR and Yugoslavia -- Explanatory theories -- Normative theories -- Secession and the law -- Why new states?
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