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==Etymology==
[[Latin]] secession-, secessio, from secedere
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1604]
==Definitions==
*1 : withdrawal into [[privacy]] or [[solitude]] : retirement
*2 : [[formal]] withdrawal from an [[organization]]
==Description==
'''Secession''' (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the [[act]] of withdrawing from an [[organization]], [[union]], or especially a [[political]] [[entity]]. Threats of secession also can be a [[strategy]] for achieving more [[limited]] goals.
Some [[theories]] of secession emphasize a general [[right]] of secession for any reason (“Choice Theory") while others emphasize that secession should be considered only to [[rectify]] grave injustices (“Just Cause Theory”). Some theories do both. A list of justifications may be presented [[supporting]] the [[right]] to secede.
* United States President James Buchanan, Fourth Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union December 3, 1860: "The fact is that our Union rests upon [[public]] [[opinion]], and can never be cemented by the blood of its [[citizens]] shed in [[civil war]]. If it can not live in the [[affection]]s of the people, it must one day perish. Congress [[possesses]] many means of preserving it by [[conciliation]], but the sword was not placed in their hand to preserve it by [[force]]."
* United States President Thomas Jefferson: "If any [[state]] in the Union will declare that it prefers separation...to a continuance in [[union]]... I have no hesitation in saying, 'let us separate.' "
* The right to liberty, [[freedom]] of [[association]] and private property
* Consent as important democratic principle; will of [[majority]] to secede should be recognized
* Making it easier for states to join with others in an [[experimental]] [[union]]
* Dissolving such union when goals for which it was [[constituted]] are not achieved
* Self-defense when larger [[group]] presents lethal threat to minority or the [[government]] cannot adequately defend an area
* [[Self-determination]] of peoples
* Preserving [[culture]], [[language]], etc. from assimilation or destruction by a larger or more powerful [[group]]
* Furthering [[diversity]] by allowing diverse [[cultures]] to keep their [[identity]]
* Rectifying [[past]] injustices, especially past [[conquest]] by a larger power
* Escaping “discriminatory redistribution,” i.e., tax schemes, regulatory policies, [[economic]] [[programs]], etc. that distribute resources away to another area, especially in an undemocratic fashion
* Enhanced [[efficiency]] when the [[state]] or [[empire]] becomes too large to administer efficiently
* Preserving “liberal [[purity]]” (or “conservative purity”) by allowing less (or more) liberal regions to secede
* Providing superior constitutional systems which allow [[flexibility]] of secession
* Keeping [[political]] [[entities]] small and [[human]] [[scale]] through right to secession[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession]
[[Category: Political Science]]
==Etymology==
[[Latin]] secession-, secessio, from secedere
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1604]
==Definitions==
*1 : withdrawal into [[privacy]] or [[solitude]] : retirement
*2 : [[formal]] withdrawal from an [[organization]]
==Description==
'''Secession''' (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the [[act]] of withdrawing from an [[organization]], [[union]], or especially a [[political]] [[entity]]. Threats of secession also can be a [[strategy]] for achieving more [[limited]] goals.
Some [[theories]] of secession emphasize a general [[right]] of secession for any reason (“Choice Theory") while others emphasize that secession should be considered only to [[rectify]] grave injustices (“Just Cause Theory”). Some theories do both. A list of justifications may be presented [[supporting]] the [[right]] to secede.
* United States President James Buchanan, Fourth Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union December 3, 1860: "The fact is that our Union rests upon [[public]] [[opinion]], and can never be cemented by the blood of its [[citizens]] shed in [[civil war]]. If it can not live in the [[affection]]s of the people, it must one day perish. Congress [[possesses]] many means of preserving it by [[conciliation]], but the sword was not placed in their hand to preserve it by [[force]]."
* United States President Thomas Jefferson: "If any [[state]] in the Union will declare that it prefers separation...to a continuance in [[union]]... I have no hesitation in saying, 'let us separate.' "
* The right to liberty, [[freedom]] of [[association]] and private property
* Consent as important democratic principle; will of [[majority]] to secede should be recognized
* Making it easier for states to join with others in an [[experimental]] [[union]]
* Dissolving such union when goals for which it was [[constituted]] are not achieved
* Self-defense when larger [[group]] presents lethal threat to minority or the [[government]] cannot adequately defend an area
* [[Self-determination]] of peoples
* Preserving [[culture]], [[language]], etc. from assimilation or destruction by a larger or more powerful [[group]]
* Furthering [[diversity]] by allowing diverse [[cultures]] to keep their [[identity]]
* Rectifying [[past]] injustices, especially past [[conquest]] by a larger power
* Escaping “discriminatory redistribution,” i.e., tax schemes, regulatory policies, [[economic]] [[programs]], etc. that distribute resources away to another area, especially in an undemocratic fashion
* Enhanced [[efficiency]] when the [[state]] or [[empire]] becomes too large to administer efficiently
* Preserving “liberal [[purity]]” (or “conservative purity”) by allowing less (or more) liberal regions to secede
* Providing superior constitutional systems which allow [[flexibility]] of secession
* Keeping [[political]] [[entities]] small and [[human]] [[scale]] through right to secession[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession]
[[Category: Political Science]]
