Unrecognized States: The Struggle for Sovereignty in the Modern International System

Nina Caspersen · Polity Press (2012)

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The most-cited contemporary treatment of de facto states. Caspersen records that effective governance is not the same as governance to international human-rights standards; the two questions are independent and both must be answered. The Eelam de facto state during 1990–2009 (with fluctuations) is in her comparative dataset.

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