Four Problems of De Facto State Studies: A Central European Perspective

Kosienkowski, Marcin

Four Problems of De Facto State Studies: A Central European Perspective

dc.contributor.author	Kosienkowski, Marcin
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-02T10:24:32Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-02T10:24:32Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-02
dc.description.abstract	De facto states are entities that resemble normal states, except for one difference: they lack international recognition or enjoy it only to a limited extent. Scott Pegg initiated a scholarly inquiry on these entities in 1998 when he published his seminal book, International Society and the De Facto State. Counting about twenty years after the birth of de facto state studies, scholars have started publishing their reflections on the problems that these studies face and directions for future research. I follow this reflective trend in my essay, drawing on my nearly two-decade-long experience of researching de facto states. More precisely, I discuss four problems of de facto state studies and suggest how they can be solved. These problems are as follows: 1. no consensus on a definition of a de facto state, 2. imperfect existing definitions, 3. insufficient engagement with the non-Western literature, and 4. indifference to other concepts and frameworks when studying de facto states.	pl
dc.identifier.citation	„Polish Political Science Yearbook” 2022, s. 1-13	pl
dc.identifier.doi	10.15804/ppsy202244
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/3941
dc.language.iso	en	pl
dc.rights	Uznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 4.0 Międzynarodowe	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	de facto state	pl
dc.subject	contested state	pl
dc.subject	unrecognised state	pl
dc.subject	definitional problems	pl
dc.subject	inductive case studies	pl
dc.subject	established concepts	pl
dc.title	Four Problems of De Facto State Studies: A Central European Perspective	pl
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	pl