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This introductory chapter examines the debates concerning who are the people and the relevant territorial unit in which they should exercise self‐determination. It distinguishes between three types of arguments concerning conditions under which there might be a right (or justified claim) to secede: (1) choice theories, (2) just‐cause theories, and (3) national self‐determination theories.
Keywords: choice; ethics; just cause; nation; national self‐determination; nationalism; secession; territory
Chapter. 5697 words.
Subjects: Political Theory
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