Unrecognized states in the international system / edited by Nina Caspersen and Gareth Stansfield.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: unrecognized states in the international system / Nina Caspersen and Gareth Stansfield -- Theorizing unrecognized states: sovereignty, secessionism and political economy / James Harvey and Gareth Stansfield -- Complex terrains: unrecognized states and globalization / Matan Chorev -- International actions and the making and unmaking of unrecognized states / Klejda Mulaj -- States without sovereignty: imitating democratic statehood / Nina Caspersen -- After the war ends: violence and viability of post-soviet unrecognized states / Kristin M. Bakke --'Separatism is the mother of terrorism': internationalizing the security discourse on unrecognized states / P{uA86C} Kolst{u086E}d Helge Blakkisrud -- The foreign policies of unrecognized states / Francis Owtram -- The limits of international conflict management in the case of Abkhazia and South Ossetia / Stefan Wolff -- The politics of unrecognized states and the business of international peace mediation: enablers or hindrance for conflict resolution? / Antje Herrberg -- Reintegrating unrecognized states: internationalizing frozen conflicts / Liam Anderson -- Appendix : maps of unrecognized states.