Taiwan in the Caribbean

A Case Study in State De-Recognition

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6233628
AutoresTheodor Tudoroiu (Department of Political Science, The University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume25
Fascículo2
Páginas194-211
Data de publicação2017-05-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02185377.2017.1334146
OpenAlexW2621549681
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas19

The rich and complex recent International Political Sociology (IPS) literature on state recognition has completely ignored the process of de-recognition. The present article uses the case study of Taiwan’s efforts to preserve its ‘diplomatic allies’ in the Caribbean in order to fill this gap. Taking advantage of the IPS development of the constitutive theory of recognition, it introduces and analyses the concept of state de-recognition while emphasizing the deep contradiction between present international law principles and the political reality of national identity building as well as the de-linking of political science and international law understandings of recognition made possible by the progress of the constitutive theory. De-recognition is perceived as resulting in a hierarchical relationship between recognized and de-recognized political entities that is arbitrary and ethically questionable as it ultimately reflects the denial of the right to self-determination of peoples

Contradiction · Denial · Epistemology · Identity (music · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Computer Science · International Law and Human Rights · International Maritime Law Issues · Law · Philosophy · Psychology