The first are thesecessionist\\regionalist movements, or those seeking greater autonomy for a particular (often ethnically specific) area.
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This approach coexisted with the rough handling of political foes andsecessionistelements in border states.
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The quintessential ' stationary rebels ' aresecessionist\\regionalist movements.
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Many of the secessionists were from the elite of society, yet found themselves moving into dissent - class mobility is an unexplored aspect of their trajectories.
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This was not a world especially receptive tosecessionistideas, despite being inundated with missionaries and other westerners.
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This resentment became translated into asecessionistmovement in the nineteenth century, as this state continuously fought to maintain its autonomy.
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Except perhaps for the secessionists, a common feature of all these movements is that they are driven by essentially urban issues, few of which have much resonance in the countryside.
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These southern cities caused secessionists to worry that they were going the way of northern cities with their mob rule, contentious 'democratic' politics and misplaced loyalties.
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In short the political regime within which national minorities operate, rather than their material or cultural grievances, may best explain their predispositions to be secessionists, federalists, or consociationalists.
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A flexible and non-repressive regime, that has pluralist characteristics, may be able to thwartsecessionistpressures precisely because it gives the culturally and educationally differentiated a share in political institutions.
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This split is significant because it demonstrated the importance of primordial ties in determining one's loyalty or adherence to thesecessionistor autonomist brand of nationalism.
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This offer, if accepted, would enable the amount of relief for thesecessionistarea to be greatly increased.
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How many of the secessionists are likely to be charged, and are at present in custody?
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Experience has shown repeatedly thatsecessionistmovements are a powerful development internationally, particularly in island communities.
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This unilateralsecessionistact is an impermissible precedent in international relations.
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