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Recursive Secessions in Former Yugoslavia: too Hard a Case for Theories of Secession?

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  • Aleksandar Pavković

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The recent experience of the former Yugoslavia provides an important test case for appraising theories of secession. This article begins with an outline of the main candidate justifications for a right to secession; withdrawal of consent; remedial right only; national self‐determination and hybrids of these arguments. The article then provides a survey of the experience of the various secessions in the former Yugoslavia and draws attention to the particular problem of recursive secessions – that is counter secessions by minorities within the new ‘republics’. The discussion of recursive secession provides an additional criterion for assessing the adequacy of candidate theories of justified secession.

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  • Aleksandar Pavković, 2000. "Recursive Secessions in Former Yugoslavia: too Hard a Case for Theories of Secession?," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 48(3), pages 485-502, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:polstu:v:48:y:2000:i:3:p:485-502
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00271
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