TY - BOOK AU - Rezvani,David A. TI - Surpassing the sovereign state: the wealth, self-rule, and security advantages of partially independent territories SN - 9780199688494 (hbk.) AV - JC348 .R49 2014 U1 - 321.08 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Non-Self- Governing Territories KW - Local KW - State, The KW - Economic conditions N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-374) and index; Partial independence advantages and evolution --; Domestic and international structural amendment --; Civil order through conventional rules in the British context : the British dominions and Northern Ireland --; From secessionism to mutual agreement in the American context : the case of Puerto Rico --; Shame federacy : China's autonomous regions, France's Indochinese free states, South Africa's Bantustans, and America's Indian territories --; Sovereign state weakness --; Wealth and security advantages of partial independence --; Predicting the dynamics of partially independent territories ER -