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Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion?

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion?

By David Miller

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Claims to self-determination are rife in world politics today. They range from Scottish and Catalonian campaigns for independence to calls for the devolution of power to regions and cities. But is self-determination meaningful or desirable in the twenty-first century, or merely a dangerous illusion? In this book, David Miller mounts a powerful defence of political self-determination. He explains why it is valuable and argues that geographic proximity alone is not enough for groups to have the ca...Show more

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9781509533466

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Polity Press

Published year

2019

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Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion?

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Hardcover

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