Church and State: Cooperative Separatism

Nationalism and Separatism

Th e historical era following World War II is often referred to as the era of decolonization, the time when the former European powers, as well as America and Japan, gave up their overseas empires and dozens of new sovereign countries came into being. However, it could just as easily be called the era of nationalist separatism, as the sheer number of ethnic and pan-ethnic movements seeking inde...

Church and State in East Germany

Political Religion and Church-State Issues

In this paper we examine public attitudes on the role of religion in the American political process, as well as some public policy implications of those attitudes. Although the current American legal regime may lean toward strict separationism, the political system has seen renewed religious activism over the past three decades. Historically, religious involvement in American politics has been ...

Lost Autonomy, Nationalism and Separatism

Case studies suggest that ethnic groups with autonomous institutional arrangements are more prone to secede, but other evidence indicates that autonomy reduces the likelihood of secession. To address this debate, we disaggregate their autonomy status into three categories—currently autonomous, never autonomous, and lost autonomy—and then unpack how each shapes the logic of collective action. We...

On Space-Power Separatism

commander of coa li tion air forces during Opera tion De­ sert Storm and later head of Air Force Space Command and US Space Command (CINCS PACE), created something of a stir when he questioned whether the US Air Force should continue to run military space sys­ tems: " If the Air Force clings to its owner ship of space, then tradeoffs will be made between air and space, when in fact the tradeoff...