Republicanism and secession: a normative analysis
This dissertation, structured as a collection of three articles, aims to answer the following question: which kind of right to secede from a modern democratic state, if any, can be acknowledged from a democratic republican point of view? The first article shows that secession conflicts pose threats...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/402607 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/402607 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ascriptivism Canada Constitutionalism Democracy Domination Factions Freedom Multilateralism Plebiscitarianism Quebec Remedialism Republicanism Secession Secessionism Unionism Ascriptivisme Canadà Constitucionalisme Democràcia Dominació Faccions Llibertat Multilateralisme Plebiscitarianisme Remedialisme Republicanisme Secessió Secessionisme Unionisme 32 |
| Sumario: | This dissertation, structured as a collection of three articles, aims to answer the following question: which kind of right to secede from a modern democratic state, if any, can be acknowledged from a democratic republican point of view? The first article shows that secession conflicts pose threats for democratic republican principles (particularly, freedom and inclusion), which no current theory of right of secession (TRS) overcomes. The second article finds that a constitutional right of secession, like Quebec's one, could minimize those threats because of its non-unilateral nature, but that its limitation to constitutional law undermines this potentiality. Finally, the third article develops a democratic republican TRS based on a multilateral right of secession for any democratic secessionist community, coupled with a multilateral right to unity for its democratic host state. The international democratic community would arbitrate and monitor any secession conflict according to this framework. |
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