Contested Secessions addresses concepts of core moral rights and the right of
secession, processes of justification, national-self determination, democracy,
justice, and pluralism. In particular, Neera Chandhoke brings a political theory
perspective to bear on the 'Kashmir Problem'. Sufficient attention has already
been paid to the issue of accession, Indo-Pakistan tensions over the state,
Kashmir in the United Nations, the rise of militancy and 'cross-border
terrorism', and the waylaying of democracy and comparative histories of
conflict. This book goes a step further to examine whether the Kashmiri people
have the right to secede; if so why, and if not, why?
Chandhoke's analysis draws from several disciplinary perspectives to