Theories of Secession presents a systematic analysis of the rise of secessionist movements in global politics. Bringing together a collection of experts in the field, it provides a timely forum for debate in this contentious area of study.

List of contributors, Series Editor’s preface, Editor’s preface, 1 Theories of secession: an introduction, 2 The priority of function over structure: a new approach to secession, 3 A democratic theory of political self-determination for a new world order, 4 Territorial justice, 5 Secession and isolation, 6 Altered states: secession and the problems of liberal theory, 7 Is federalism a viable alternative to secession?, 8 National self-determination and national secession: individualist and communitarian approaches, 9 The Lincoln propositions and the spirit of secession, 10 Communities real and imagined: good and bad cases for national secession, 11 The international institutional dimension of secession, Index