1st Edition

International Society and the De Facto State

By Scott Pegg Copyright 1998
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1998, International Society and the De Facto Society explores the phenomenon of de facto statehood in contemporary international relations. The de facto state is almost the inverse of what Robert Jackson has termed the ‘quasi-state’. The quasi-state has an ambassador, a flag, and a seat at the United Nations, but it does not function positively as a viable governing... Read more

List of Maps

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Defining the De Facto State

3. Eritrea Before Independence and Tamil Eelam

4. The Republic of Somaliland and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

5. Macro-Level Factors Implicated in the Birth of De Facto States

6. Micro-Level Factors Implicated in the Birth of De Facto States

7. The De Facto State in International Society

8. Potential Transformations of the De Facto State

9. The De Facto State and International Theory

10. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Scott Pegg