Why do states engage in irredentism? Expanding on previous scholarship, this article
advances a new theory with rationalist microfoundations that accounts for the incentives of …

The current paper is keen to elucidating the nexus of social structure, economic exclusion,
and wealth inequality as the instigating causes of political instability in the milieu of Africa …

When should groups within a state be owed a process, such as a referendum, that can
enable their secession or greater internal autonomy? Much of the prior normative literature …

This paper presents a case study of the Donbas region, located in eastern Ukraine, focusing
on efforts to de‐peripheralize the region prior to and after the outbreak of violence that …

Why do elites and ordinary individuals support targeting peripheral minorities? This study
argues that high income inequality in the society and economic communitarianism among its …

The Dissertation's overarching goal is to offer an analytical tool for initiatives aimed at
mainstreaming inclusive development in sub-Saharan Africa so that relevant theories …