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Minorities' Claims: From Autonomy to Secession International Law and State Practice
By Gnanapala Welhengama
Copyright 2000
368 Pages
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Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000: An investigation of how the claims of minority groups for greater political power through 'autonomy' and 'secession' clash with the concerns of the nation-State, and how States’ refusals to respond positively to such claims contribute to the escalation of ethnic conflicts in contemporary multi-ethnic polities. In addition, this book examines the extent... Read more
Contents: Claims from autonomy to secession: introduction; The minority issue and ethnic conflicts; Minorities?; Peoples, all peoples, nations and minorities; Claims for autonomy with shared-sovereignty; Claims for autonomy through the right to self-determination?; Models of autonomy and movements for autonomy; Claims for autonomy: the concerns of states; Secessionist movements; The right to secession: the views of jurists; The right to secession: international law and UN practice; Secessionist attempts: case studies; The right to secession through the right to self-determination? attitudes of states; Conclusions; Index.
Biography
Welhengama, Gnanapala
’...balanced, judicious and detailed...’ e-Extreme ’...it is extensively referenced and the writer is careful to point to evidence for his arguments in the views of jurists and judges, states and international organisations, as well as by reference to relevant international instruments. This book also contains a lot of detail and further reference material on ethnic conflicts. The writer provides much material about ethnic conflicts in Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and Europe, and integrates this within an international law framework. The book is therefore a good example of scholarship that is genuinely global in orientation.’ Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
