Definitions

Title Author
Identity
Independence Sir Michael Wood
Indigenous and Aboriginal Peoples
International Transitional Administration (ITA) Richard Caplan
Intervention
Inviolability of Frontiers
Irredentism
Kin-Group and Kin-State Gabriel Sheffer
Legal Aspects of Self-Determination Hurst Hannum
Legitimacy Ian Hurd
Legitimacy of Secession
Minority / National Minorities
Minority rights Will Kymlicka
Multiculturalism
Nation
Nationalism
Non-Intervention (Non-interference in domestic affairs) Sir Michael Wood
Partition Brendan O'Leary
Peacekeeping / Peace Enforcement Richard Caplan
People / Peoples
Plebiscites Matt Qvortrup
Political Legitimacy
Popular Sovereignty
Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction Nikolaos Tzifakis
Power-sharing
Race and Racial Groups
Recognition
Recognition (socio-psychological)
Referenda Matt Qvortrup
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
Regionalism Barry Rubin
Regionalism and Regionalization Michael Keating
Religious Dimension
Responsibility to Protect
Secession
Secession and State Contraction
Self-Administration and Self-Governance
Self-Determination Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Anne-Marie Gardner
Self-Rule
Social/Psychological Motivations for Conflict Stefan Wolff

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