... Multilevel constitutionalism constitutional system space Council of Europe Crimea pro-independence referendums unilateral secessionism Texas Quebec Scotland Northern Ireland Catalonia The aim of this chapter is to analyse constitutional law as it relates to secession. If, as is claimed (and further...

.... colonial rule constitution the Ethiopia ethnic groups Kenya African Democratic Union KADU Kenya African National Union KANU London secessionism Selassie Haile Uganda United Kingdom the Zanzibar Christians clans community communities ethnicity identities Karirikania Kikuyu Central...

... in parentheses. Table 7.3 Marginal effects for significant variables (table 8.2, model 3) Variable Probability at zero Probability at 1 Difference Secessionism 0.68 0.39 –41% Government targeting of civilians 0.18 0.68 260% Post-1977 0.68 0.96 42...

... because the commitment problem is typically more severe in civil than in interstate wars. With the rare exception of successful secessionism, the parties to civil war must live together 253 after the war has ended. Not only will the distrust that began the war probably still be present, it will have...

...This book examines the factors that drove people with ethnic identities to support nationalism in some cases but not in others. Drawing on variation in mass nationalist mobilization and regional secessionism across sixteen ethnic republics of the Russian Federation, it shows why ordinary people...

... agent classes discussed in this section. Figure 12.6 Average Activation Prevalence of Leading Identities in VirPak t = 608 Figure 12.7 Plurality Rates Across 100 Baseline VirPak Futures of Selected Identities, t = 608 Figure 12.8 Three Examples of Punjabi Secessionism: Highlighted cells...

...The Purchase was different from the rest of the state for several reasons. Geography, early settlement patterns, trade ties, proslavery Democratic politics, and evangelical Christian religion contributed to Purchase secessionism. But the most crucial factor was the growth of an economy rooted...

.... This chapter attributes India's mixed track record to the behavior of regional parties in the country and the failure of statewide parties to fully incorporate regional interests into their agenda. In India, regional parties have prompted conflict and secessionism by adopting legislation harmful to regional...

... federalism ethnic conflict intrastate conflict secessionism violence civil war separatism regional parties elections voting peacebuilding Czechoslovakia Spain and India Thus far, the debate surrounding decentralization has focused on whether or not decentralization is an effective tool...

... Palestinian Liberation Organization PLO Parliaments Pax Christi Refugees Reserved diaspora entrepreneur Solidarity movements or networks Trade unions Transformative events Non state actors Non violence Parallel government Radicalization Rebel diplomacy Rugova Ibrahim Secessionism Taxation...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0002 At the turn of the twentieth century, nationalist movements in Western democracies were not expected to feature strong secessionism...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0008 This chapter uses the controlled comparison along with the additional cases considered in the previous chapter to sketch a theory...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0009 The last chapter looks at the research and policy implications of the theory of secessionism sketched in this book. The chapter argues...

... community1 of Western Europe, Scotland, secessionism also gained strength in the last decade, as the Scottish National Party (SNP), always a secessionist party but a marginal actor in Scottish poli­t­ ics before devolution, rose to power and held a referendum on independence in 2014 (Keating, 2017). Scottish...

... for sovereignty, the chapter codes republican secessionism based on actions initiated by the republics as well as their responses to policies initiated by Moscow. It then considers how democratization at the center produced a shift in political accountability and how mass nationalist mobilization influenced...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0001 The first chapter explains the contributions of the book to the literature on nationalism. The first is to highlight the importance...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0004 The fourth chapter looks at the case of Scotland. The surge of secessionism within Scottish nationalism is puzzling considering...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0005 This chapter considers a case, Flanders, where secessionism has not gained strength despite many episodes fuelling tensions between the two...

...Nationalism, Secessionism, and Autonomy. André Lecours, Oxford University Press. © André Lecours 2021. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192846754.003.0006 The sixth chapter looks at another case, South Tyrol, where secessionism has remained weak. While there has not been in Italy a series...