Territorial Separatism in Global Politics
This volume examines the various aspects of territorial separatism, focusing on how and why separatist movements arise.
Featuring chapters by leading scholars from different disciplinary perspectives, the book aims to situate the question of separatism within the broader socio-political context of the international system, arguing that a set of historical events as well as local, regional and global dynamics have converged to provide the catalysts that often trigger separatist conflicts. In addition, the book marks progress towards a new conceptual framework for the study of territorial separatism, by linking the survival of communities in international politics with the effective control of territory and the consequent creation of new polities. Separatist conflicts challenge conventional wisdom concerning conflict resolution within the context of international relations by unpacking a number of questions with regard to conflict transformation. Through the use of case studies, including Cyprus, the Rakhine State in Myanmar, the Shia separatism in Iraq, the Uyghurs in China and the case of East Timor, the volume addresses key issues including the role of democracy, international law, intervention, post-conflict peacebuilding and the creation of new political entities.
The book will be of much interest to students of Intra-State Conflict, Conflict Resolution, International Law, Security Studies and International Relations.
Damien Kingsbury is the Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights, Deakin University, Australia. He has authored/edited a number of books, including: Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect: Politics, Ethnicity, Genocide (Routledge 2011), East Timor: The Price of Liberty (Macmillan 2009), International Development: Issues and Challenges (Macmillan 2008, 2012) and Political Development (Routledge 2007).
Costas Laoutides is a lecturer in International Relations, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of Self-Determination and Collective Responsibility in the Secessionist Struggle (Ashgate 2015).
Territorial Separatism in Global Politics
Causes, outcomes and resolution
Edited by Damien Kingsbury and Costas Laoutides
First published 2015
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Territorial separatism in global politics : causes, outcomes and resolution / edited by Damien Kingsbury, Costas Laoutides.
pages cm. (Routledge studies in civil wars and intra-state conflict)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. SecessionCase studies. 2. SovereigntyCase studies. 3. Separatist movementsCase studies. I. Kingsbury, Damien. II. Laoutides, Costas.
JC327.T48 2015
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2014037586
ISBN: 978-1-138-79783-3 (hbk)
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Contents
DAMIEN KINGSBURY AND COSTAS LAOUTIDES
PART I
Territorial separatism in an interdisciplinary perspective
ALEKSANDAR PAVKOVI
PETER RADAN
DAMIEN KINGSBURY
COSTAS LAOUTIDES
RICHARD JACKSON
PART II
Case studies
CLINTON FERNANDES
TERRY NARRAMORE
MICHLIS S MICHAEL
BENJAMIN ISAKHAN
ANTHONY WARE
COSTAS LAOUTIDES AND DAMIEN KINGSBURY
Clinton Fernandes is an associate professor at the International and Political Studies Program, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales. His principal research area is International Relations and Strategy with emphasis on the National Interest in Australias external relations. His most recent publications include (ed.) (2012) Peace with Justice: Noam Chomsky in Australia, Monash University Publishing; (2011) The Independence of East Timor: Multidimensional Perspectives Occupation, Resistance and International Political Activism, Sussex Academic Press.
Benjamin Isakhan is Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalization at Deakin University, Australia. He is the author of (2012) Democracy in Iraq: History, Politics and Discourse, Ashgate. He is also the editor and co-editor of (2011) The Secret History of Democracy, Palgrave Macmillan; (2012) The Arab Revolutions in Context: Civil Society and Democracy in a Changing Middle East, Melbourne University Press; (2012) The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy, Edinburgh University Press.
Richard Jackson is Deputy Director at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago. He is the founding editor and current editor-in-chief of the journal, Critical Studies on Terrorism, and the former convener of the BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group. He is the author and editor of numerous publications including: with SJ Sinclair (eds) (2012) Contemporary Debates on Terrorism, Routledge; with MB Smyth, J Gunning and L Jarvis (2011) Terrorism: A Critical Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan; with E Murphy and S Poynting (eds) (2010) Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Cases, Routledge; with J Bercovitch (2009) Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century: Principles, Methods and Approaches, Michigan University Press; with MB Smyth and J Gunning (eds) (2009) Critical Terrorism Studies: A New Research Agenda, Routledge; (2005) Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counterterrorism, Manchester University Press.
Damien Kingsbury is the Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights and he is also with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia. Professors Kingsbury research has focused on South-East Asian/Indonesia/East Timor/Sri Lanka politics, political development, the role of the military in politics, security and terrorism, post-colonial political structures and nation formation, assertions of self-determination, and civil and political rights. Prof. Kingsbury has written and edited or co-edited a number of books, including: (2011)
