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The Election of 1860 and the Secession of the South [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Grade Level: 9-12 Lesson Length: 80 minutes Learning Objectives: Students will be able to analyze primary documents and identify the relation between student attendance and the political and societal context of the time.
Colfer, Jessica
core   +1 more source

The Predicament of Ethnic Federal System

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Political Science
The paper inquiries into ethnic federalism in lights of ethnic conflict and federal constitutional viability. It raises the basic question why some ethnic federations are successful in regulating ethnic relations while others are not.
Yohannes Getahun
doaj   +1 more source

The Theory of `Internal Exit', a comment on Buchanan and Faith (1987) [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of this note is to correct an error in the seminal article on secession by Buchanan and Faith (1987). In their paper, Buchanan and Faith neglected an important effect: political separation affects markets and consequently individual private ...
Grégoire ROTA-GRAZIOSI
core   +3 more sources

The Corwin Amendment: The Last Last-Minute Attempt to Save the Union

open access: yes, 2017
At around 5:20AM on March 4, 1861—Inauguration Day—the Senate voted 24-12 to pass a proposed amendment to the Constitution that would permanently preserve slavery in the states where it currently existed.
Christensen, Hannah M
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Governor Wise\u27s War: My Misconception (Part 1) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
I worked in the living history branch at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park for three years, wearing old timey clothing and talking to visitors about the meanings of John Brown.
Rudy, John M.
core   +1 more source

Misplaced Boldness: The Avoidance of Substance in the International Court of Justice’s Kosovo Opinion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The International Court of Justice\u27s Kosovo Advisory Opinion is a masterpiece of avoidance. The Court has lived to run another day, and one can only admire the judges\u27 skill in arriving at the vacant place between difficult and clashing conclusions
Waters, Timothy William
core   +1 more source

Deciding on secession: how familiar and unknown futures shape loss aversion

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
Loss aversion is well supported by experimental evidence from structured and well-defined private decision-making tasks, yet its role in political dilemmas remains uncertain.
Benoît Béchard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secession of territorial formation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Розглядається проблема відокремлення територіальних утворень від держави (сецесія). Аналізуються сучасні підходи до визначення сецесії. Досліджуються принцип територіальної цілісності держави та право народів на самовизначення.
Stohova, Olha Volodymyrivna   +2 more
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Governor Wise\u27s War: Loose Lips (Part 2) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
When last we left Ex-Governor Henry Wise, he was exceedingly impatient at the Virginia secession convention\u27s failure to act immediately and swiftly after the firing on Fort Sumter.
Rudy, John M.
core   +1 more source

EXITitis in the UK: Gravity Estimates in the Aftermath of Brexit. [PDF]

open access: yesEconomist (Leiden), 2023
Brakman S, Garretsen H, Kohl T.
europepmc   +1 more source

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