Secession - Wikipedia Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity The process begins once a group proclaims an act of secession (such as a declaration of independence) [1] A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal is the creation of a new state or entity independent of the group or territory from which it seceded [2]
Secession | History, Definition, Crisis, Facts | Britannica secession, in U S history, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president Secession precipitated the American Civil War
Introducing Secessionism - Easy Sociology Secessionism is a complex social and political phenomenon in which a distinct group or region seeks to break away from an existing nation-state or political entity, aiming to create its own separate governance or join another polity
Secession - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Political scientists, sociologists, and political economists attempt to describe and explain the causes and effects of secessionist movements and of states’ reactions to them Philosophers focus on the moral issues and on clarifying the conceptual framework for thinking about secession
Secession and Secessionist Movements - Oxford Bibliographies Secession and secessionists movements have proliferated since the end of the Second World War The academic literature has extensively explored these movements from different aspects
Secessionism: A Phenomenon - SpringerLink Secessionism continues to be a complex and contentious phenomenon with profound implications for the political, social, and economic landscape Understanding the causes and consequences of secessionist movements is crucial for policymakers, scholars, and citizens alike
Secessionism - MicroWiki Secessionism is the most widely recognised and accepted form of micronationalism, in which an entity claims to be an independent nation or sovereign state but is small enough to generally be ignored by the macronational authorities
Explaining Secessionism: What Do We Really Know About It? In this thematic issue we discuss what we really know about the explanations for secessionism Over the last few decades, an increasing number of new analyses on secessionism have appeared, regarding both its normative and its empirical dimensions
Secession - Radical Dose Broadly speaking, secession is the process by which a group, region, or political entity leaves a more extensive state to create an independent nation It has been a recurrent occurrence across history, forming the political environment of different areas