Secession And Separatism From A Comparative Perspective: An Introduction / Aleksandar Pavković And Jean-pierre Cebestan -- 1. Sovereignty, National Self-determination And Secession: Reflections On State-making And Breaking In Asia And Europe / James Mayall -- Part I. Europe: 2. Paradise Lost: Autonomy And Separatism In The South Caucasus And Beyond / John Cuffe And David S. Siroky; 3. Pattern Of Secession And Disintegration In The Ussr / Richard Sakwa; 4. From Yugoslavia To The Western Balkans / Radmila Nakarada; 5. Host State Responses To Ethnic Rebellion: Serbia And Macedonia In Comparison / Keiichi Kubo; 6. Seceding By The Force Of Arms: Chechnya And Kosovo / Aleksandar Pavković; 7. Secession And Liberal Democracy: The Case Of The Basque Country / Ferran Requejo And Marc Sanjaume I Calvet; 8. Nationalism, Unionism And Secession In Scotland / Michael Keating -- Part Ii. Asia: 9. Secessionism In Independent India: Failed Attempts, Irredentism, And Accommodation / Jean-luc Racine; 10. Separatism In Sri Lanka / David Feith; 11. Separatism, Ethnocracy, And The Future Of Ethnic Politics In Burma (myanmar) / Renaud Egreteau; 12. Language Practices And Protracted Conflict: The Tibet-china Dispute / Robert Barnett; 13. Separatism In China: The Case Of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region / Dru C. Gladney; 14. The Case Of Taiwan: Independence Without Secession? / Jean-pierre Cabestan. Edited By Jean-pierre Cabestan And Aleksandar Pavkovic. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.