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You Can Go Your Own Way: Explaining Partisan Support for Independence
2014
Social Science Research Network
This paper analyzes secessions through the lens of representative democratic institutions and considers the incentives of partisan political parties to support independence movements. It points out that, if anything, separatists should expect to receive support from exactly the "unlike-minded " political party, as this party might see a break-up as an opportunity to reshape the electorate towards its own preferences. By doing so, a party could increase its future probability of being elected,
doi:10.2139/ssrn.2478012
fatcat:v42cwfxubbgz3brvdeyize7w6y