In Defence of Self-Determination

by Daniel Philpott

Chances are that the history of any group is a rich (and perhaps tragic) tale of overlapping communities, some of whom have been conquered by other communities, many of whom acquired a new dialect or language during its period of industrialization, all of whom may or may not identify with the same group that their progenitors did….. If the democratic argument for self-determination is correct, then the UN’s post-World War 11 reluctance to recognize self-determination movements needs rethinking; justice requires it.

40 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2009