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Politics of International Recognition: The Case of Aspirant States
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Mehrabi, Wais
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Year and Degree
2018, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, International and Comparative Politics.
Abstract
Separatist polities that have managed to break away from their parent states and meet the basic criteria for statehood seek other states’ formal recognition to achieve full statehood and membership of the international society. There is no established pattern to explain external recognition of statehood empirically and theoretically. Kosovo declared independence and attained widespread recognition while Somaliland, despite successful separation from Somalia, has not. What factors explain states’ recognition decisions, or the selective conferring of recognition? The existing literature indicates that national interests, domestic politics, systematic level factors, international legal and normative standards, regime type, and identity politics shape recognition decisions. This thesis attempted to enhance the literature by focusing on less-explored factors through a Large-N cross-national quantitative analysis of ten cases. This study argues that when all other potential explanations are constant or absent, susceptibility of states to domestic separatism, regime type, and religious affinities influence states’ recognition decisions.
Committee
Vaughn Shannon, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Liam Anderson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Carlos Costa, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
163 p.
Subject Headings
Comparative
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International Law
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International Relations
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Political Science
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Religion
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Social Research
Keywords
international recognition
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aspirant States
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de facto states
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Quantitative Analysis
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Religion
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vulnerability
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democratic peace theory
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Abkhazia
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Palestine
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Somaliland
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Transnistria
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Northern Cyprus
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Taiwan
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Western Sahara
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Somaliland
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Mehrabi, W. (2018).
Politics of International Recognition: The Case of Aspirant States
[Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1546318678351285
APA Style (7th edition)
Mehrabi, Wais.
Politics of International Recognition: The Case of Aspirant States.
2018. Wright State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1546318678351285.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Mehrabi, Wais. "Politics of International Recognition: The Case of Aspirant States." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1546318678351285
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