On National Self‐determination

Margaret Moore

Political Studies, 1997, vol. 45, issue 5, 900-913

Abstract: This paper argues in favour of a conception of self‐determination which involves the equal recognition of different national identities. It proceeds by, first, criticizing the dominant territorial (in contrast to national) conception of self‐determination. It then addresses three main criticisms of a principle of national self‐determination. These are (1) the argument from indeterminacy; (2) the argument from instability; (3) the problem of overlapping nationalities.

Date: 1997
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