A Theory of De Facto States

ISBN-13: 9780367861292 / Twarda / 2023 / 248 str.

New Zealand) Knotter Lucas (University of Waikato

Opis

A Theory of De Facto States offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of de facto states — political communities that manifest forms of statehood in international politics but lack international legal recognition — zooming in on two prominent examples, Somaliland and Kosovo.

Spis treści

Introduction: De Facto States as Exceptional Polities in International Relations  1. Law, Discourse, Limbo: De Facto Statehood and Regularity  2. Classical Realism: De Facto Statehood and Exceptionality  3. Somaliland: De Facto Sovereignty in an Exceptional Polity  4. The Democratic League of Kosovo: De Facto Sovereignty in a Parallel State?  5. Kosovo’s Future: De Jure Sovereignty or Exceptional Polity?  Conclusion: Borges’s World Map

O autorze

Lucas Knotter is Lecturer at the University of Bath, UK. He is an Associate Editor for 9DASHLINE. He specialises in themes of secession, state creation, and theories of international politics and security.