Inherently unstable or destabilized by devilish details? A re-examination of the relationship between group autonomy and secessionist conflict — SPSA 2020
Paper re-examining whether territorial autonomy arrangements are inherently conflict-prone or whether design flaws explain their association with secessionism.
February 3, 2020
conferenceSPSAterritorial autonomysecessionismethnic conflict
At SPSA 2020 (Lucerne, February 3–4), I presented this paper revisiting the debate on whether autonomy arrangements are inherently destabilizing or whether specific institutional design features drive secessionist conflict. I argued that the "devilish details" of autonomy design — rather than autonomy per se — account for its observed association with separatist violence.