This ambitious study brings together for the first time a series of original essays on the ethics of secession. A host of leading figures explore key issues in this important debate, including, what is "a people" and what gives them a right to secede? And is national self-determination consistent
Secession and self-determination
โ Scribed by Macedo, Stephen; Buchanan, Allen
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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