Michael J. Seth

Not on the Map (eBook, PDF)

The Peculiar Histories of De Facto States

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes how de facto states-including Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Kosovo, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Taiwan-have developed without recognition of sovereignty from the international community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978757813
• Artikelnr.: 74847845

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Seth is professor of East Asian and world history at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Professor Seth, who has lived and worked in South Korea, is the author of Education Fever: Society, Politics, and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea (2002), North Korea: A History (2018), and Korea at War (2023). He is also the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean History (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: A World of States
Chapter 2: Mountain Republic: Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh)
Chapter 3: Breakaway States from a Breakaway State: Abkhazia and South
Ossetia
Chapter 4: Shoestring of Europe: Transnistria
Chapter 5: Born of Ethnic Cleansing: Kosovo
Chapter 6: Divided Island: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Chapter 7: State in Waiting: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Chapter 8: Not Being Somalia: Somaliland
Chapter 9: One China, Two Countries: Taiwan
Chapter 10: Not Quite De Facto States
Conclusion: What Can We Learn from De Facto States?