Secession

Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.

Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, regional, governmental, or gender separation from the larger group. As with secession, separatism conventionally refers to full political separation. Groups simply seeking greater autonomy are usually not considered separatists. Some discourse settings equate separatism with religious segregation, racial segregation, or sex segregation, while other discourse settings take the broader view that separation by choice may serve useful purposes and is not the same as government-enforced segregation. There is some academic de

Secession (from ) is a term and a concept which is used in reference to the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.

ethnic/national minority that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state

exercise of power by Rome's plebeian citizens

referendum to decide whether a territory should become an independent country

series of sovereignty declarations by Soviet Union constituents, late 1980s — early 1990s

legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada in 2000

television program

conceptual right of nations