{"product_id":"secession-and-the-sovereignty-game-ryan-d-griffiths-9781501754746","title":"Secession and the Sovereignty Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecession and the Sovereignty Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eoffers a comprehensive strategic theory for how secessionist movements attempt to win independence.\u003c\/b\u003e Combining original data analysis, fieldwork, interviews with secessionist leaders, and case studies on Catalonia, the Murrawarri Republic, West Papua, Bougainville, New Caledonia, and Northern Cyprus, Ryan D. Griffiths shows how the rules and informal practices of sovereign recognition create a strategic playing field between existing states and aspiring nations that he terms \"the sovereignty game.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo win sovereign statehood, all secessionist movements have to maneuver on the same strategic playing field while varying their tactics according to local conditions. To obtain recognition, secessionist movements use tactics of electoral capture, nonviolent civil resistance, and violence. To persuade the home state and the international community, they appeal to normative arguments regarding earned sovereignty, decolonization, the right to choose, inherent sovereignty, and human rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pursuit of independence can be enormously disruptive and is quite often violent. By advancing a theory that explains how sovereign recognition has succeeded in the past and is working in the present, and by anticipating the practices of future secessionist movements, \u003ci\u003eSecession and the Sovereignty Game\u003c\/i\u003e also prescribes solutions that could make the sovereignty game less conflictual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan D. Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501754742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501754746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022","brand":"Ryan D. Griffiths","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042544939263,"sku":"9781501754746","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20fe40ed-e7d8-4458-9c1d-fba58c058f78.jpg?v=1684962151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/secession-and-the-sovereignty-game-ryan-d-griffiths-9781501754746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}