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Power politics and state formation in the twentieth century : the dynamics of recognition / Bridget Coggins.

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"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...

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Main Author: Coggins, Bridget (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Secession > History > 20th century.
Separatist movements > History > 20th century.
Nation-state > History > 20th century.
Legitimacy of governments > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > History > 20th century.
Yugoslavia > History > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Soviet Union > History > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
World politics > 20th century.
Table of 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.

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