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Abstract: Although a great deal is known about the recognition of states, less is known about the practice of derecognition of states, namely why and how states withdraw the recognition of other contested and partially recognized states. The Derecognition of States offers a global and comparative outlook of this unexplored diplomatic practice. Using original empirical research, it addresses the complex processes, justifications, and consequences of state derecognition. In particular, it provides unique insights into five aspirant states facing withdrawal of recognition: Taiwan, Western Sahara, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Kosovo. Gëzim Visoka argues that state derecognition is a highly controversial and unstable practice that has less to do with the unfulfillment of the conditions of statehood by the claimant than with the advancement of the self-interest of the former base state and derecognizing state. The derecognition of states is not a rule; rather, it is an exception in international diplomacy, driven by political expediency and is incompatible with original rationales for granting recognition. Yet, the derecognition of states is far more important than previously recognized in shaping the reversal dynamics of secession and state creation and in influencing regional peace, geopolitical rivalries, and the international order. By analyzing the withdrawal of recognition, the book offers a window into the reversal politics of unbecoming a sovereign state and how the arbitrary beginning and the end of diplomatic relations between states take place.

Author/Creator:

Visoka, Gëzim , author

Contributors:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The derecognition of states [by Visoka, G.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Derecognition of states [by Visoka, G.] (Ann Arbor [Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2024 — ISBN 9780472077090; LCCN 2024024779)

Subjects:

State, The

Recognition (International law) — Political aspects

Self-determination, National

Sovereignty

Recognition (International law)

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-279) and index.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

JZ1316 .V576 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780472904693 (ebook other)
0472904698
9780472077090 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780472057092 (paperback) [Invalid]

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Digital Object Identifier: 10.3998/mpub.11703277

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024024780

OCLC Numbers:

1440236192