Special Issue: The Politics of Creating New States
Guest Editors: Guy Lachapelle and Matt Qvortrup
Special Issue Introduction
The politics of creating new states: A conceptual introduction
Guy Lachapelle and Matt Qvortrup
Special Issue Articles
Taming self-determination: The trials of a political speech-act
Uriel Abulof
Breaking up is hard to do: The Neil Sedaka theory of independence referendums
Matt Qvortrup
Referendums as a political party gamble: A critical analysis of the Kurdish referendum for independence
Dylan O’Driscoll and Bahar Baser
The creation of new states through interim agreements: Ambiguous compromises, intra-communal divisions, and contested identities
Nina Caspersen
Building the ship in dry dock: The case for pre-independence constitution-building in Scotland
W. Elliot Bulmer
Articles
On the volatility of transnational actor populations: What has access got to do with it?
Andreas Nordang Uhre
Economic development: How does it influence the survival of different types of autocracy?
Daniel Stockemer and Steffen Kailitz
