POLS 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Asymmetric Federalism, Self-Determination, Nationstates
6 Sep 2016
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Haklai: from independent statehood to minority rights: the evolution of national self- determination as an international order principle in the post-state formation era . The three waves of state formation in the 20. Influenced by woodrow wilson"s famous "14 points" for world peace. A major cause of war would be removed if people could govern themselves in independent states. Mainly took place in europe with minorities gaining independent statehood in territories previously governed by the loosing empires. (habsburg empire because austria and. 42 countries were member states of the league of nations. Second wave (following ww2, reached peak in 1975) Took place on the back of the phasing down of european colonial empires. Followed the enshrinement of the right to self-determination of peoples" in the un charter. Dozens of new states were created throughout africa, asia, and the middle east.
