Does Violent Secessionism Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan D Griffiths (0000-0001-5816-4284, Syracuse University, corresponding author), Louis M Wasser (0000-0002-8779-0951, Yale University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1310-1336 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002718783032 |
| OpenAlex | W2810627042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 36 |
Recent research suggests that the strategic use of violence may increase a group’s chance of gaining independence. We investigate this topic using comprehensive data on all secessionist movements between 1900 and 2006 and an original data set on the institutional and extrainstitutional methods that secessionists have used from 1946 to 2011. Our analysis yields several important findings. First, strategy depends on context. Not all secessionist movements are the same, and many have legal and/or institutional routes to independence that shape the methods that they employ. Second, no secessionist movement challenging a contiguous state has won its sovereignty without using institutional methods, either exclusively or in combination with extrainstitutional methods. Finally, we identify four successful combinations of secessionist methods and discuss how these movements develop in relation to their strategic setting. Overall, we find no evidence that violence helps a secessionist movement to gain independence
Context (archaeology · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Secession · Set (abstract data type · Sovereignty · Statistics · Work (physics · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Engineering · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions
East Timor
The Fifth Generation of Revolution Studies. Part III
Institutional effects of nonviolent and violent revolutions
Creating new states
Secessionist Strategy and Tactical Variation in the Pursuit of Independence
Secession and the Sovereignty Game
Ethnic Autonomy as a Dual-Use Technology
Making exit costly but efficient
The Supply and Demand of Rebel Governance
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Internal drivers of self-rule referendums
Why declare independence? Observing, believing, and performing the ritual
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Foulweather Friends
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Comparing Independence Referendums
Ultimate Concessions? Why States Agree to Independence Referendums After Long Wars
Armed Political Organizations
Inside the Politics of Self-Determination
Age of Secession
Secessionism
Recognizing States
Power Politics and State Formation in the Twentieth Century
Quasi-States
The Geography of Ethnic Violence
Reputation and Civil War
Why civil resistance works
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
The Politics of Collective Violence
Power in Movement
Triggering Nationalist Violence
Why Civil Resistance Works
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Terrorism in the Context of Civil War
Fighting and Voting
Political Institutions and Street Protests in Latin America
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The Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention
Rage Against the Machines
Information, Uncertainty, and the Decision to Secede
Between Dissolution and Blood
A Complete Data Set of Political Regimes, 1800–2007
Strategies of Resistance
Unpacking nonviolent campaigns
Armed Conflicts, 1946-2011
Understanding strategic choice
The practice and study of civil resistance
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |