The strategies of counter‐secession

How states prevent independence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6306825
AutoresPeter Krause (0000-0003-1731-798X, Department of Political Science Boston College Chestnut Hill Massachusetts USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume28
Fascículo3
Páginas788-805
Data de publicação2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12822
OpenAlexW4293084767
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas46

The majority of states in the world today were created via secession, but a majority of secessionist movements have failed to gain independence. Counter‐secession is not only more successful than secession; it is also more common. There are over 300 nations today that lack sovereign states, as well as untold thousands more groups whose identities never became nationalist or who were never able to create robust movements in the first place. Nonetheless, counter‐secession is comparatively understudied, and a small but growing number of excellent analyses often focus on a single state strategy. Independence is rarely won quickly or cheaply, as existing states fight to maintain their borders across four phases of secession: identity formation, group mobilisation, (un)armed struggle and international recognition. This article presents the repertoire of states' counter‐secession strategies throughout the secessionist struggle, including cultural assimilation, administrative organisation, civilian displacement, banning secessionist political activity, fragmenting the secessionist movement, economic coercion, violent repression and blocking international recognition. This collective analysis of the causal logic and illustrative historical examples of state counter‐secession strategies lays the foundation for a more comprehensive research programme on counter‐secession across time and space

Independence (probability theory · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secession · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics