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Analyzes nationalist politics and economic policies in several mini-entities, some sovereign and some not, such as Gibraltar, Nevis, Tahiti, Newfoundland, Scotland, and some Pacific Islands; 6 articles.

'National Self-determination and Secession' edited by Margaret Moore is reviewed.

'Self-Determination and National Minorities' by Thomas D. Musgrave is reviewed.

The principle of national self-determination has been haunting the world since the French Revolution. In Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union alone 20 new "nation-states" were created in the 1990s—200 years after the French Revolution. They were all established on the basis of the principle of national self-determination. There may be no other term in modern political discourse which is used with more emotion and passion. Recent history has known many wars fueled by conflicting interpretations of self-determination. Woodrow Wilson thought that implementation of the principle of self-determination would lead to a better world, a world without wars and "safe for democracy." His secretary of state, Robert Lansing, had doubts. He suspected the concept of self-determination to be "loaded with dynamite" and capable of causing even more bloodshed because it "will raise hopes which can never be realized."

Sovereignty and the right to self-determination through an evolutionary lense : an introduction -- Defining peoples -- The right ot self-determination -- The full independence of peoples -- The de facto independence of peoples -- The spatial independence of peoples -- Concluding remarks and outlook

This book discusses little-known linkages between two seemingly distant peoples, the Polish and the Irish, whose historical experiences share important similarities. Both Ireland and Poland have been subject to foreign rule, which they overturned in 1916 and 1918 respectively. Their predominantly Catholic societies were among the first to grant voting rights to women a century ago. This volume uses the centenary of both Ireland and Poland (re)gaining national independence and the political empowerment of women in these countries as a point of departure to analyse selected aspects of Polish and

A concept with multiple meanings -- The classical right to self-determination -- Constitutional self-determination -- Remedial self-determination -- Effective entities -- Trading self-determination for autonomy or enhanced self-governance -- Regionalisation, federalisation, or union with confirmation of territorial unity -- Deferring a substantive settlement while agreeing to a settlement mechanism -- Balancing self-determination claims -- Conditional self-determination -- Agreeing on self-determination but deferring implementation -- Establishing a de facto state through an international process -- Supervised independence -- Conclusion : new approaches to self-determination settlements