Contested States in World Politics

Geldenhuys, Deon

doi:10.1057/9780230234185

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“…All its major partners recognise its independence. Unlike some authors (Geldenhuys, 2009) we have also not included Palestine to the group of de facto states. The reason is that since 1988, when the Palestinian Declaration of Independence proclaimed the establishment of the State of Palestine, this political entity has been gradually recognised by dozens of UN member states.…”

Section: De Facto States -What They Are and What They Are Notmentioning

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De Facto States and Democracy: The Case of Abkhazia

Kopeček

Hoch

Baar

2016

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Abstract. De-facto states constitute an interesting and important anomaly in the international system of sovereign states. No matter how successful and efficient in the administration of their territories they are, they fail to achieve international recognition. In the past, their claims for independence were based primarily on the right to national self-determination, historical continuity and claim for a remedial right to secession, based on alleged human-rights violations. Since 2005, official representatives of several de facto states have repeatedly emphasised the importance of democracy promotion in their political entities. A possible explanation of this phenomenon dwells in the belief that those states which have demonstrated their economic viability and promote the organization of a democratic state should gain their sovereignty. This article demonstrates the so called "democracy-for-recognition strategy" in the case study of Abkhazia. On the basis of the field research in Abkhazia we identify factors that promote, as well as those that obstruct the democratisation process in the country.

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Section: De Facto States -What They Are and What They Are Notmentioning

confidence: 99%

De Facto States and Democracy: The Case of Abkhazia

Kopeček

Hoch

Baar

2016

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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“…And also evidence of extensive, genuine support among members of the disaffected group for breaking away is required. 100 Given this consideration, the armed resistance and inter-ethnic conflict in Kosovo became more likely and a major shift occurred; instead of a peaceful resistance, people started to overtly support an armed insurgency for the very simple reason that life became unbearable under the Serbian regime. 101 With the appearrence of KLA and the massive support of KAlbanians for it, Albanians peaceful strategy had been replaced by a violent one.…”

Section: From Civil Resistance To Armed Resistance: Emergence Of the Klamentioning

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Transformation of Kosovar Albanians’ Struggle from Parallelism to Armed Conflict: Why is Violence Necessary?

Sarper

2012

Milletleraras

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Following the abolition of the Kosovo's autonomy in the 1989, Albanians refused to accept the legitimacy of Serbian rule over Kosovo and advocated the peaceful strategy to resolve the Albanian-Serbian conflict. In this respect, parallel state structures emerged as a hallmark of the K-Albanians peaceful resistance to Serbian rule. However, in the second half of the 1990s, K-Albanians' resistance took the form of an armed struggle with the actions of the KLA. Insufficient involvement of international community for solving of the Kosovo issue and lack of democratic cooperation mechanisms and relatedly existence of "democratic deficit" in the issue contributed to the transformation of KAlbanians' struggle into an armed conflict.

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“…As well as the seminal literature that has defined the nature of de facto states (Bahceli, Bartman, & Srebrnik, 2004;Caspersen & Stansfield, 2011;Geldenhuys, 2009;Pegg, 1999), recent studies have sought to examine a range of other features of these entities. For example, there is a growing body of work that explores the internal political dynamics of de facto states (Broers, 2013;Caspersen, 2012;O'Loughlin, Kolossov, & Toal, 2014).…”

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