Self-Determination International Perspectives

This is a significant contribution to the worldwide discussion of political self-determination as a source of socio-cultural and political hope, conflict and confusion. Inspired by Martin Ennals, long the quietly visionary Director-General of Amnesty International, the book consists of cases and penetratingly definitive analyses, culminating in trenchant recommendations for action by world bodies. With self-determination intensely at issue so widely, from the former Yugoslavia to Kashmir to Quebec, this distinguished book by a global group of experts is particularly timely.

PART 4: THE DISINTEGRATION OF A STATE SYSTEM: THE CASES OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE SOVIET UNION - Self-Determination and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia: What Lessons for the International Community?; P.Akhavan - Ethnicity, Nationality and Citizenship as Expressions of Self-Determination in Central Asia; S.Akiner - PART 5: COMPETING CLAIMS FOR SELF-DETERMINATION: QUEBEC AND ABORIGINAL NATIONS - The Recognition of Quebec's Right of Self-Determination and its Exercise within a Novel Body Politic; D.Turp -The Cultural Non-Homogeneity of Quebec; Secessionism, Indigenous Legal Perspectives and Inseparability; M.E. Turpel - Self-Determination Issues in Canada: An Indigenous Person's Overview; S.H.Venne -Self-Determination Without a Discrete Territorial Base?; P.L.A.H.Chartrand - In the Search for `A People': The Inuit, Their Habitat and Economic Politics; R.G.Williamson - PART 6: SELF-DETERMINATION: THE ROAD AHEAD - Conflict Resolution: Current Options and New Mechanisms; K.Rupesinghe - The Right of Self-Determination: A Time for Reinvention and Renewal; N.Jayawickrama - Self-Determination: A Consideration of the Present and a Glimpse into the Future; M.Kirby - The Saskatoon Statement on Self-Determination - Bibliography; D.Turp - Contributors -Index