Who is entitled to ‘earn sovereignty'? Legitimacy and regime support in Abkhazia and Nagorno‐Karabakh

Bibliographic Data

ID6306196
AuthorsEiki Berg (0000-0002-9845-892X, University of Tartu Estonia), Martin Mölder (0000-0002-9701-1771, University of Tartu Estonia)
Year2012
Volume18
Issue3
Pages527-545
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1469-8129.2011.00527.x
OpenAlexW2162232073
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited31

Abkhazia and Nagorno‐Karabakh are internationally unrecognised political entities, or so‐called de facto states, that have emerged as a result of the incomplete and contested state‐formation of their parent states and of the secessionist movements that emerged in the power vacuum of the post‐Soviet space. In addition to examining the conventional reliance on the self‐determination principle, usually followed by a call for international recognition (as often practised by emerging sovereigns), this article aims to survey whether these political entities have proved that they embody ‘rightful authority’ as such and whether they ‘have earned their sovereignty’. In other words, it attempts to examine the self‐determination claims in Abkhazia and Nagorno‐Karabakh based on legitimacy criteria that are widely accepted for liberal democratic societies using an analysis of the respective issues as they were represented in focus‐group discussions in these two regions

De facto · Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · European and International Law Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

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