1st Edition

Governments-in-Exile in Contemporary World Politics

Edited By Yossi Shain Copyright 1991
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

Exiled governments play a crucial role in long-standing national conflicts around the world. They have an enormous impact on transnational politics and the world order. First published in 1991, Governments-in-Exile in Contemporary World Politics examines the odd but pivotal place that governments-in-exile have in international politics. In a variety of case studies and theoretical essays by... Read more

1. Introduction: Governments-in-Exile and the Age of Democratic Transitions

Yossi Shain

2. Namibia: The Road to Independence and the Problem of Succession of States

Lynn Berat

3. Government-in-Exile Versus Government-in-Insurgency: The Case of Angola

John Marcum

4. State and Government in Palestinian Political Thought: 1918–1990

Muhammad Muslih

5. Afghanistan: Political Exiles in Search of a State

Barnett R. Rubin

6. The Khmer Way of Exile: Lessons from Three Indochinese Wars

Craig Etcheson

7. Loyalty and Recognition under Challenge: The Yugoslav Case 1941–1945

Paula Franklin Lytle

8. Sovereignty without Government: Baltic Diplomatic and Consular Representation, 1940– 1990

Romuald J. Misiunas

9. The Government of the Spanish Republic in Exile: 1939–1977

Javier Tusell and Alicia Alted

10. Exile Governments in the Armenian Polity

Khachig Tololyan

11. The New Snow Lion: The Tibetan Government-in-Exile in India

Rebecca R. French

12. The Transcendental Irish Republic: The Dream of Diaspora

J. Bowyer Bell

13. Governments-in-Exile and International Legitimation

Yossi Shain

14. Governments-in-Exile: Notes Toward a Theory of Formation and Operation

Michael Reisman

Biography

Yossi Shain is the Romulo Betancourt Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University where he also serves as the Head of the Aba Eben Program of Diplomacy and Co-Chair of the MA Program in Political Leadership. He is also a Full Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics at Georgetown University and the Founding Director of the Program for Jewish Civilization. Outside the academy he has served on national and international committees related to Diaspora and migration policies, security and human rights, and the Jewish World. He also worked with NGOs and Governmental agencies in Israel, the US, Mexico, and Russia and with research groups attached to the United Nations.

Review of the first publication:

“This is a study of neglected aspect of international relations and should enjoy a wide readership not only in universities but among a wide public.”

Antony Polonsky, London School of Economics