Is self-determination a dangerous illusion?
- ISBN: 9781509533473
- Editorial: Polity Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2019
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. Reino Unido
- Colección: Political Theory Today
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 21 cm
- Nº Pág.: 140
- Idiomas: Inglés
Claims to self-determination are rife in world politics today. They range from Scottish and Catalonian campaigns for independence to calls for the devolution of power to regions and cities. But is self-determination meaningful or desirable in the 21st century, or merely a dangerous illusion? In this book, David Miller mounts a powerful defence of political self-determination. He explains why it is valuable and argues that geographic proximity alone is not enough for groups to have the capacity for self-determination: group members must also identify with each other. He explores the different political forms that self-determination can take, and he suggests some realistic constraints on how it can be achieved, concluding that people exercising their collective agency is still both feasible and important.
