List of tables and figures / Preface and acknowledgments / 1. Introduction, Ryan D. Griffiths and Diego Muro / Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives of the Strategic Playing Field / 2. In Search of International Recognition: Declarations of Independence and Unilateral Secession, Aleksandar Pavkovic / 3. Do Parent State Strategies Matter in Resolving Secessionist Conflicts with De Facto States?, Eiki Berg and Scott Pegg / 4. State Strategies Against Secessionists, Ahsan Butt / 5. Anti-Secession Constitutionalism, Rivka Weill / 6. The False Hope of Remedial Secession: Theory, Law, and Reality, Argyro Kartsonaki / 7. Playing Field Sets on Fire: Do Democratic Institutions Dilute Violence in Strategies of Secessionist Movements?, Faruk Aksoy and Melike Ayse Kocacik Senol / Part II: Empirical Case Studies of Secession and Counter-Secession Strategies / 8. The European Union in the Narratives of Secessionist Parties: a Comparison Between N-VA, SNP and ERC, Bart Maddens, Gertjan Muyters, Wouter Wolfs, and Steven Van Hecke / 9. Education as a Strategy of Secession: the Case of Northern Cyprus, Adrian Florea / 10. Viability as a strategy of secession: enshrining de facto statehood in Abkhazia and Somaliland, Giulia Prelz Oltramonti / 11. The Two Québec Independence Referendums: Political Strategies and International Relations, André Lecours / 12. Inadvertent Counter-secessionists: The Private Sector and the Politics of Independence Referenda in Post-industrial Democracies, Karlo Basta / 13. Shifting Patterns of Tactics and Strategies: Bargaining Over Self-Determination in Indonesia, Livia Rohrbach / 14. Conclusion, Ryan D. Griffiths and Diego Muro / Bibliography / Index