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Breaking Away

The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities

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Breaking Away

By: Ryan McMaken
Narrated by: John Quattrucci
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Breaking Away differs from countless other books on secession and decentralization in that it considers examples, benefits of secession, and radical decentralization in a much broader historical, geographical, and theoretical context. This book is for anyone interested in how issues of secession and decentralization come up again and again worldwide as communities of human beings seek self-determination, freedom, and economic prosperity. McMaken also examines small states which are often examples of successful cases of secession and radical decentralization.

The listener will come away with a better understanding of how political decentralization continues to be relevant, useful, and important in the modern world.

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History & Theory Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Society Socialism Capitalism Self-Determination Imperialism Latin America Liberalism Taxation Africa Social justice War Soviet Union
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The author makes a wonderful case for decentralization of every state and secession from any government.

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