Formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity
For other uses, see Secession (disambiguation).
Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity. The process begins once a group proclaims an act of secession (such as a declaration of independence).[1] A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal is the creation of a new state or entity independent of the group or territory from which it seceded.[2] Threats of secession can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.[3]
Notable examples of secession, and secession attempts, include:
the Confederate States of America seceding from the Union, setting off the American Civil War;
the former Soviet republics leaving the Soviet Union in 1991, causing its dissolution;
the former republics leaving Yugoslavia during the 1990s, causing its dissolution;
Texas leaving Mexico, during the Texas Revolution;
Biafra leaving Nigeria (and returning, after losing the Nigerian Civil War); and
The Republic of Ireland leaving the United Kingdom
^Pavkovic, Aleksandar; Radan, Peter (2013). The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 3. ISBN 9780754677024.
^Pavkovic, Aleksandar; Radan, Peter (2007). Creating New States: Theory and Practice of Secession. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 9780754671633.
^Allen Buchanan, "Secession", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2007.
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