National self-determination and secession / edited by Margaret Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, Margaret (Professor in Political Theory)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State succession.

Self-determination, National.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

This ambitious study brings together for the first time a series of original essays on the ethics of secession. A host of leading figures explore key issues in this important debate, including, what is "a people" and what gives them a right to secede? And is national self-determination consistent with liberal and democratic principles or is it a dangerous doctrine?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-276) and index.

ISBN:

0198293844

OCLC:

38930595