Summary
Aleksandar Pavković: Essays on secession
Why do some territories secede from the country they belong to? How does secession occur? How to justify secession? What do international law and political theory say about it? Are there specific cases of secession in recent political history? Starting from the concept of secession as a subject of dispute, Pavković focuses on comparative studies of secession: Abkhazia and Serbian Krajina, Montenegro and Catalonia, Kosovo and Chechnya. From secession as an instrument of national liberation in the Balkans during the last two centuries, through secession in the former Yugoslavia, to secession through the foreign military intervention of the USA and Russia. A provocative and analytical book about the never-solved question of international relations, historiography, international law and political theory. *** "The aim of these experiments was to contribute to the understanding not only of the phenomenon of secession but also our way of observing the process, instruments and consequences of secession." (Aleksandar Pavković)
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