David Miller - Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion?

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2 Title page Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion? David Miller polity

3 Copyright page Copyright page Copyright © David Miller 2020 The right of David Miller to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2020 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3346-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3347-3 (pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Miller, David, 1946- author. Title: Is self-determination a dangerous illusion? / David Miller. Description: Medford, MA : Polity, 2019. | Series: Political theory today Identifiers: LCCN 2019014896 (print) | LCCN 2019981425 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509533466 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509533473 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781509533497 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Self-determination, National. Classification: LCC KZ1269 .M55 2019 (print) | LCC KZ1269 (ebook) | DDC 341.26--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019014896 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019981425 Typeset in 11 on 15 Sabon by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements This book was written in the delightful surroundings of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, where visitors have no specific obligations other than to meet occasionally for fika to consume coffee and kanelbullar . I should like to thank Gustaf Arrhenius, Ludvig Beckman and the staff of the Institute for the support they provided, and for stimulating conversations on topics more or less closely related to self-determination. Material from the book was presented there and also to political theory workshops at Uppsala University and Nuffield College, Oxford: I am very grateful to everyone who offered comments and made suggestions at those meetings. Thanks are due, too, to George Owers and three readers for Polity Press for providing detailed comments on the manuscript, in the process saving me from a number of faux pas . Last but not least, Margaret has been a constant source of advice and encouragement.

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6 2 The Value of Self-Determination Notes

7 3 The Agents of Self-Determination Notes

8 4 Self-Determination and Secession Notes

9 5 Self-Determination Within, Alongside and Beyond the Nation-State? Notes

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David Miller

polity

Copyright © David Miller 2020

The right of David Miller to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 2020 by Polity Press

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3346-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3347-3 (pb)

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Miller, David, 1946- author.

Title: Is self-determination a dangerous illusion? / David Miller.

Description: Medford, MA : Polity, 2019. | Series: Political theory today

Identifiers: LCCN 2019014896 (print) | LCCN 2019981425 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509533466 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509533473 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781509533497 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Self-determination, National.

Classification: LCC KZ1269 .M55 2019 (print) | LCC KZ1269 (ebook) | DDC 341.26--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019014896

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019981425

Typeset in 11 on 15 Sabon

by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL

Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon

The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate.

Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition.

For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com