TY - CHAP
T1 - The meaning of secession
AU - Radan, Peter
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - There is no generally accepted definition of secession as a form of State creation. Of the various definitions, most scholars give it a narrow meaning by insisting that secession be opposed by the host State and/or involve the use or threat of force. Often scholars also define secession to exclude, totally or partially, State creation resulting from decolonisation. On the other hand, some scholars, in emphasising that secession is a process of State creation upon territory that was not, of itself, previously a State, proffer definitions of secession that do not include some or all of the exclusionary elements set out in the narrow definitions of secession.
AB - There is no generally accepted definition of secession as a form of State creation. Of the various definitions, most scholars give it a narrow meaning by insisting that secession be opposed by the host State and/or involve the use or threat of force. Often scholars also define secession to exclude, totally or partially, State creation resulting from decolonisation. On the other hand, some scholars, in emphasising that secession is a process of State creation upon territory that was not, of itself, previously a State, proffer definitions of secession that do not include some or all of the exclusionary elements set out in the narrow definitions of secession.
KW - secession
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148481145&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781003036593-4
DO - 10.4324/9781003036593-4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85148481145
SN - 9780367478117
SN - 9780367692469
T3 - Routledge International Handbooks
SP - 30
EP - 38
BT - The Routledge handbook of self-determination and secession
A2 - Griffiths, Ryan D.
A2 - Pavković, Aleksandar
A2 - Radan, Peter
PB - Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
CY - London ; New York
ER -