Routledge Handbook of State Recognition

This new handbook provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the theoretical and empirical aspects of state recognition in international politics.
Although the recognition of states plays a central role in shaping global politics, it remains an under-researched and widely dispersed subject. Coherently and innovatively structured, the handbook brings together a group of international scholars who examine the most important theoretical and comparative perspectives on state recognition, including debates about pathways to secession and self-determination, the broad range of actors and strategies that shape the recognition of states and a significant number of contemporary case studies.
The handbook is organised into four key sections:
Theoretical and normative perspectives
Pathways to independent statehood
Actors, forms and the process of state recognition
Case studies of contemporary state recognition
This handbook will be of great interest to students of foreign policy, international relations, international law, comparative politics and area studies.
Chapter 19 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-State-Recognition/Visoka-Doyle-Newman/p/book/9780815354871

Gëzim Visoka is Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland. John Doyle is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction at Dublin City University, Ireland. Edward Newman is a Professor of International Security in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, UK.

1. Introduction: Statehood and Recognition in World Politics Gëzim Visoka, Edward Newman, and John Doyle PART I: Theoretical and Normative Perspectives 2. Theories of State Recognition Rowan Nicholson and Thomas D. Grant 3. The Evolution of State Recognition Mikulas Fabry 4. International Law and State Recognition Peter Radan 5. Sovereignty, Self-determination, and State Recognition Costas Laoutides 6. The Ethics of State Recognition Christopher Naticchia 7. Power Politics and State Recognition Milena Sterio 8. International Recognition and Human Rights Treaties Ralph Wilde 9. State Recognition in a Transitional International Order Edward Newman PART II: Pathways to Independent Statehood 10. Pathways to Independence and State Recognition James Summers 11. Dynamics of Secession and State Birth Ryan Griffiths 12. Referendums and Recognition of States Matt Qvortrup 13. Unilateral Secession Aleksandar Pavkovi- 14. Remedial Secession Michel Seymour PART III: Actors, Forms, and the Process of State Recognition 15. Bilateral Recognition of States Brad R. Roth 16. Recognition of Governments M.J. Peterson 17. Statehood and Collective Recognition: Practice of States and UN Organs Jure Vidmar 18. Collective Non-Recognition of States Nina Caspersen 19. Engagement Without Recognition Bruno Coppieters 20. Parliamentary Recognition Chiara Loda and John Doyle 21. Recognition of States by Regional Organisations: The European Union's Contested Experience Gëzim Visoka and Edward Newman 22. International Court of Justice and the Recognition of States Gentian Zyberi 23. The Counter-Diplomacy of State Recognition James Ker-Lindsay 24. State Fragility and Diplomatic Recognition Nicolas Lemay-Hébert 25. The Derecognition of States Gëzim Visoka 26. Contested States and their Everyday Quest for Recognition Dimitris Bouris and Irene Fernandez-Molina Part IV: Case Studies of Contemporary State Recognition 27. Palestine Yaser Alashqar 28. Taiwan Timothy S. Rich and Andi Dahmer 29. Western Sahara Irene Fernandez-Molina and Matthew Porges 30. South Sudan Walt Kilroy 31. Kosovo Gëzim Visoka 32. Somaliland Scott Pegg 33. Abkhazia and South Ossetia Donnacha Ó Beacháin 34. Transdniestria and Northern Cyprus Daria Isachenko 35. Brexit and the Question of Irish Unity Eileen Connolly and John Doyle 36. Towards a Critical Agenda on State Recognition Gëzim Visoka