Description: The essays collected in this volume address questions such as: How do post-Soviet de facto states survive and continue to grow? How do secessionist movements become embedded in wider networks of separatism in Eastern and Western Europe? What is the impact of secessionism and war on the parental states?
Review Quotes: This an excellent compilation of insightful analyses on the past, present, and future of secessionist movements and entities in the post-Soviet space. Minakov, Sasse, and Isachenko have assembled an impressive collection of able contributors who offer theoretically grounded and empirically rich studies on a range of different dimensions of post-Soviet secessionism. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics and implications of secessionist politics.--Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham