Federalism and the creation of new states : justifying internal secession
This thesis addresses the creation of new states within federal arrangements – particularly federations - and their justification in liberal democratic contexts. It is presented as a set of three cumulative articles. The first article argues that existing liberal approaches to justifying secession h...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/145769 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/145769 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Internal Secession Creation of new states Federalism Secession theory Secessió interna Creació de nous estats Federalisme Teories de la secessió 32 |
| Sumario: | This thesis addresses the creation of new states within federal arrangements – particularly federations - and their justification in liberal democratic contexts. It is presented as a set of three cumulative articles. The first article argues that existing liberal approaches to justifying secession have important shortcomings if they are to provide moral guidance to when internal secession is justified. In order to address this shortfall, the second article examines the process followed in three existing cases (the creation of Jura in Switzerland, Nunavut in Canada and Jharkhand in India) and how they were justified. Based on the process identified, the third article develops a procedural account of the grounds that may justify internal secessions. Overall the thesis argues that internal secessions should be negotiated between the secessionists, the existing unit they belong to, and the federation as a whole, delimited by the specific federal context in which they take place. |
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