Welhengama, Gnanapala,

Minorities' claims : from autonomy to secession : international law and state practice / Gnanapala Welhengama. - xxviii, 339 pages ; 23 cm. - Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender, and class relations . - Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender, and class relations. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Claims from autonomy to secession: introductory remarks -- Theminority 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.

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Autonomy
Self-determination, National
Secession

K3242 / .W45 2000

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