@article{ref1,
title="A Constitutional Right to Secede? Basque Nationalism and the Spanish State",
journal="International studies perspectives",
year="2007",
author="Roach, Steven C.",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="446-460",
abstract="This article analyzes the strategic parameters of a constitutional right to secede. It argues that these parameters help to qualify the right as a potentially effective alternative to either status quo symmetrical arrangements or a constitutional right to national territorial autonomy. To frame the right in this way is a little like decriminalizing drugs. If we legalize secession under certain conditions, we also eliminate much of the volatile tension underlying the demand for secession. Granted, it is possible that such a right might encourage the Basques to secede. However, this is precisely why we need to frame the right to secede in a highly restrictive manner, so that we can strengthen the accountability of this right under public law and redress the residual link between violence and the demand for secession.<p />",
language="",
issn="1528-3577",
doi="10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00311.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00311.x"
}