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Protodiplomacy: sub-state diplomacy and wannabe states
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Abstract
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| After a review of the key similarities and differences between sub-state and small state diplomacy, this chapter seeks to shed some light on the conditions that transform the diplomacy of sub-state entities into protodiplomacy. It also asks why most such initiatives end in failure, whereby the sub-state entity does not achieve its goal of becoming a wannabe state, or even suffers rejection. To this end, the chapter presents three cases: one of success (Slovenia in the 1990s); one of failure (Catalonia, especially since 2017); and one ‘in between’ (Kurdistan, also mainly since 2017). In doing so, another aspect of the politics of small states is highlighted: how wannabe states struggle, persist, succeed or fail in the international pecking order of state entities. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Handbook on the Politics of Small States / Baldacchino, Godfrey [edit.]; Wivel, Anders [edit.]
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Publication
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Cheltenham, UK
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Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
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2020
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ISBN
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978-1-78811-292-5
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DOI
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10.4337/9781788112932.00035
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Volume/pages
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p. 395-410
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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