A Political Theory of Territory

Download or read book A Political Theory of Territory written by Margaret Moore (Professor in Political Theory) and published by Oxford Political Philosophy. This book was released on 2015 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title offers a political self-determination theory of territory. Territorial disputes are at the centre of some of the most intractable controversies facing us today but it is also one of the most under-theorised concepts that we rely on. Most work in political philosophy, international relations, political science, and law take for granted the territorial imperative (that we need states, and states are necessarily territorial); yet, this book argues, territory itself requires a defence.