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Call for Publications Theme: Territory, Belonging Subtitle: Secession, Self-determination and Territorial Rights in the Age of Identity Politics Publication: Philosophy and Public Issues Date: Special Issue Deadline: 15.11.2012 __________________________________________________ Aims and Background While from a legal perspective, international law and the UN do not take a clear position on secession, self-determination is a widely recognised right of the people of a country to establish their constitutional and political arrangements over their national boundaries, or territory, without interference from outside. The recent emergence of secessionist claims in several countries of the world has brought legal and political theorists to reconsider the principle of self-determination in the light of these new demands. For several philosophers, secessionist demands may concern justice and fundamental rights. Some scholars do recognise the fundamental right to secede for ethnically or culturally distinct groups provided that they act consistently with a liberal democratic perspective. Others have conceptualised weaker notions of secession, understood sometimes as a ‘remedial right’ or a ‘contingent right.’ In all these views, the tension between existing unjust territorial arrangements and the violent and sometimes ‘illiberal’ character of these groups and the role of democracy are at the stake. There is a growing and rich discussion on the topic, which this special volume of 'Philosophy and Public Issues' wants to capture and disclose. We encourage submissions of original papers that philosophically explore aspects of this debate from a moral, political, or legal perspective. We welcome case studies or theoretical reflections, or combinations of the two. We expect original contributions discussing problems such as (but not limited to): - the appropriate conceptualization of the problem; - why territory matters: national boundaries in the global age; - debating the nexus territory - belonging: justice as distribution and/or recognition; - new proposals aimed at theorising the right to self-determination and secession; - the obstacles secessionist claims pose to existing political institutions, and how (and if) these can be overcome; - the relationship between political and legal theory and policies on secession rights; - the role of democracy and democratic institutions in dealing with these claims; … or any other relevant topic, subject to the Editors’ approval. This special issue will include a discussion of Neera Chandhoke 'Contested Secessions. Rights, Self-determination, Democracy and Kashmir' (OUP 2012), with commentaries by Allen Buchanan, Valentina Gentile, Will Kymlicka, Margaret Moore, followed by Neera Chandhoke’s replies. Guest Editor: Valentina Gentile Submission Details Please send a (.rtf, .doc or .docx) file containing a long abstract (1,000 words max) and a title, prepared for blind review with all revealing references to the author removed. All personal information (name, affiliation, and contact) must be submitted separately, along with a short abstract (200 words max). Deadline for abstract submission is November 15, 2012. Decisions will be made within a month. Upon notification of acceptance, you will be invited to submit the full paper (10,000 words max) no later than March 15, 2013. The volume will be published in July 2013. Contributions that do not make it to the volume may be considered for subsequent publication in one of the regular volumes of Philosophy and Public Issues. All material should be submitted to: [email protected] Further Inquiries Please direct any queries about this call for papers to Valentina Gentile ([email protected]), or PPI’s Editors at ([email protected]). More information on the Philosophy and Public Issues can be found at: http://fqp.luiss.it About the Journal Philosophy and Public Issues – Filosofia e questioni pubbliche – addresses problems of contemporary societies from a philosophical point of view. It is published by Luiss University Press and edited in the Department of Political science of Luiss University, Rome (Italy) since 1992. The journal appears three times a year, in English and in Italian. The editor welcomes submissions in any area of moral, political, legal and social philosophy. All submitted articles undergo a process of peer review. This is based on initial editor screening and refereeing by two anonymous referees. Journal e-ISSN: 2240-7987 Journal p-ISSN: 1591-0660 Contact: Philosophy and Public Issues – Filosofia e questioni pubbliche Luiss 'G. Carli' University Via G. Alberoni 7 I-00198 Roma Italy Email: [email protected] Web: http://fqp.luiss.it __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
