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Global equality of opportunity and national self-determination are two central principles of a liberal theory of international justice, but the relationship between them remains contested. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a sound understating of the contention – where the tensions and possible contradiction between self-determination and global equality of opportunity lie – and then propose a way forward. To this end the chapter reviews the main approaches to this issue in contemporary political theory: the incompatibility thesis, the trade-off thesis, and moves on to lay out the possibility of reconciliation between self-determination and equal opportunity.
Contribution to: Handbook of Equality of Opportunity, Springer ed. Mitja Sardoc
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Kollar, E., Banai, A. (2022). Global Equality of Opportunity and National Self-Determination. In: Sardoč, M. (eds) Handbook of Equality of Opportunity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52269-2_4-1
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