Secessionist activity has been increasing in the developing world, in Western liberal democracies, and especially in the former Communist states of Eastern Euro

A novel analysis of secessionist movements, explaining state response, the likelihood of conflict, and the proliferation of states since 1945.

This book, first published in 1999, offers an explanation for the occurrence of secessionist conflict, based on a comparative study of numerous historical examp

Offering a provocative new look at the politics of secession in antebellum Virginia, William Link places African Americans at the center of events and argues th

This paper builds a dynamic theory of secessions, conflictual or peaceful, analyzing the forward looking interaction between groups in a country. The proposed f