Negotiating Self-Determination

Hurst Hannum is Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and author of Autonomy, Sovreignty, and Self-Determination: The Accomodation of Conflicting Rights.Eileen F. Babbitt is Assistant Professor of International Politics and Director of the International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program at the Fletchers School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Editors Hannum and Babbitt have drawn together anthropologists and political scientists to address the problems of self-determination in contemporary world politics. The six authors explore the dynamics of many recent conflicts in the hope off understanding these struggles and mitigating future violence in such conflicts. Highly recommended.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 National Self-Determination: A Deadly Mobilizing DeviceChapter 3 The Political Economy of SecessionChapter 4 Self-Determination in the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 5 Uncoupling Secession from Nationalism and Intrastate Autonomy from SecessionChapter 6 Self-Determination as a Component of Conflict Intractability: Implications for NegotiationChapter 7 Self-Determination as Self-Definition: The Case of MoroccoChapter 8 Negotiating Self-Determination: Is It a Viable Alternative to Violence?