Dejustification and Dispute Settlement

Irredentism in European Politics

Bibliographic Data

ID7770918
AuthorsMarkus Kornprobst (0000-0002-4544-0574, Department of Political Science, University College London, UK, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume13
Issue4
Pages459-487
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of International Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1354-0661 • E-ISSN: 1460-3713
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1354066107083143
OpenAlexW2039297480
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited52

Irredentism developed into an anomaly in post-World War II Europe and — contradicting the dire predictions of the 1990s — has remained an anomaly even since the end of the Cold War. Focusing on the renunciation of the FRG's and the Republic of Ireland's irredentist claims, I propose a novel route to analyse dispute settlement. I contend that nations justify their stance in a conflict. In the case of irredentism, they do not merely assert that a disputed territory is their land but justify to themselves and others why the disputed territory is rightfully theirs and why pursuing the irredentist stance is worthwhile. The disruption of this justification — what I call dejustification — constitutes a pathway to dispute settlement. Dejustification occurs through a change of the ideational environment that serves as the resource for justifying the claim and an advocacy that constructs a mismatch between environment and claim

Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Renunciation · Sociology · Territorial dispute · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics