Incomplete Secession after Unresolved Conflicts

Political Order and Escalation in the Post-Soviet Space
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-04858-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Statehood

This book analyses cases of incomplete secession after separatist wars and what this means for relations between central governments and de facto states.

The work explores the interplay between violence and power by examining the micro-dynamics inherent in the process of escalation between separatists and central governments. These dynamics affect not only the security interactions between these entities, but also the character of political and governance relations that are built in the aftermath of secessionist war. The book provides comprehensive analyses of the evolution of post-conflict relations between the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria and between Georgia and South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Beyond these empirical and conceptual examples, the book contributes to a key debate in International Relations that addresses the relationship between democratisation, nationalism and violence, and its applicability to the study of escalation in the post-Soviet space.

This book will be of much interest to students of secession, statehood, conflict studies, democratisation, post-Soviet politics and International Relations in general.

Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albulescu, Ana Maria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I: Contested concepts: De-facto states and the exercise of authority in the aftermath of secessionist war 1. From secessionist wars to incomplete secession 2. Post-conflict political order: Conceptualizing the exercise of authority under conditions of incomplete secession Part II: Political order and escalation in the post-Soviet space 3. Political order and escalation in the Republic of Moldova. Between accommodation of secessionist demands and stalemate with Transnistria 4. Political order and escalation in Georgia: The failure to accommodate Abkhazia’s secessionist demands 5. Political order and escalation in Georgia: From stalemate to confrontation with South Ossetia Part III: Understanding the dynamics of post-conflict political order 6. Democratization, elections and the politics of secession and counter-secession: Understanding escalation in political order 7. External actors and the principles of the liberal international order: Addressing the crisis of the nation state Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ana Maria Albulescu has a PhD in War Studies Research from King’s College London, UK. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest.