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'''Secession'' is the voluntary assertion of a people for separation from a higher government, historically resulting from a series of grievances. It is a central idea in the classical liberal understanding of political order, as elucidated by [[Ludwig von Mises]] in [ | '''Secession''' is the voluntary assertion of a people for separation from a higher government, historically resulting from a series of grievances. It is a central idea in the [[Classical liberalism|classical liberal]] understanding of political order, as elucidated by [[Ludwig von Mises]] in ''[http://mises.org/nsande.asp Nation, State, and Economy]'' (1919): <blockquote>No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want.</blockquote> | ||
==Links== | |||
* [http://mises.org/journals/jls/11_1/11_1_2.pdf Secession Reconsidered] (pdf) by Robert W. McGee, 1994 | |||
* [http://mises.org/journals/jls/17_4/17_4_3.pdf The Constitutional Right of Secession in Political Theory and History] (pdf) by Andrei Kreptul, 2003 | |||
* [http://mises.org/daily/1204 Economic Secession Won't Succeed] by Gene Callahan and Paul Birch, April 2003 | |||
* [http://mises.org/daily/3427 Secession Is in Our Future] by Clifford F. Thies, April 2009 | |||
* [http://mises.org/quotes.aspx?action=subject&subject=Secession The Quotable Mises] - on the subject of secession | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:58, 22 February 2011
Secession is the voluntary assertion of a people for separation from a higher government, historically resulting from a series of grievances. It is a central idea in the classical liberal understanding of political order, as elucidated by Ludwig von Mises in Nation, State, and Economy (1919):
No people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want.
Links
- Secession Reconsidered (pdf) by Robert W. McGee, 1994
- The Constitutional Right of Secession in Political Theory and History (pdf) by Andrei Kreptul, 2003
- Economic Secession Won't Succeed by Gene Callahan and Paul Birch, April 2003
- Secession Is in Our Future by Clifford F. Thies, April 2009
- The Quotable Mises - on the subject of secession