International Society and the Establishment of New States Since 1776.
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Oxford :
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OUP Oxford,
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2010.
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1 online resource (269 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. State Recognition Prior to 1815; 2. New States in Latin America; 3. New States in Nineteenth-Century Europe; 4. New States Between 1918 and 1945; 5. New States in Decolonization After 1945; 6. New States in the Post-Cold War Period; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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This book examines recognition of new states, the practice historically employed to regulate membership in international society. The last twenty years have witnessed new or lingering demands for statehood in different areas of the world. The claims of some, like those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eritrea, Croatia, Georgia and East Timor, have achieved general recognition; those of others, like Kosovo, Tamil Eelam, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Somaliland, have not. However, even asmost of these claims gave rise to major conflicts and international controversies, the criteria for acknowledgment of.