independence
Let an agent explain independence, relay political, economic, institutional and ecclesiastical meanings, historical cases and self-determination law from political science and legal sources with contested claims attributed, describe the named movements and concepts, and distinguish independence from autonomy, self-determination as a right, sovereignty as a legal status and isolation.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain independence, relay political, economic, institutional and ecclesiastical meanings, historical cases and self-determination law from political science and legal sources with contested claims attributed, describe the named movements and concepts, and distinguish independence from autonomy, self-determination as a right, sovereignty as a legal status and isolation.
The condition of being free from control or rule by another, in politics the sovereignty of a state gained through decolonisation, secession, dissolution or negotiated separation, as in the independence of Venezuela declared in 1811, and movements the registry aliases name such as Quebec sovereignty, the subject of referendums in 1980 and 1995, and Laurentie, a historical proposal for a French-Canadian state; the concept also covers economic independence, media and judicial independence, and ecclesiastical autocephaly, where an Orthodox church governs itself, sometimes amid disputes. Claims about independence and sovereignty are often contested, and positions are attributed.
What it is for: Describing freedom from external control.
It can be explain meanings across domains; relay historical cases; describe named movements and concepts; present contested claims with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Freedom from control
Political and institutional forms
Recognition questions
Often contested
What it looks like
Not a physical object; seen in declarations, flags, referendums and institutions.
Physical character
Venezuelan Declaration of Independence: 5 July 1811 date
Quebec referendums: 1980 and 1995 years
UN Declaration on decolonisation: 1960 year - Resolution 1514
How it is recognised
Freedom from external control
Economic independence, autocephaly, Quebec sovereignty, media independence, independence of Venezuela, Laurentie
Autonomy is partial self-rule; self-determination is a right to choose status; sovereignty is legal supremacy; isolation is lack of ties
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is related to -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
national independence
secession movements
economic independence
judicial and media independence
ecclesiastical autocephaly
Standards and regulation
UN Charter and Resolution 1514
Montevideo Convention criteria of statehood
Constitutional rules on secession such as the Clarity Act of 2000
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of independence disputes
Treating recognition as settled
Conflating institutional and political senses
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What independence is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is independence, and how does it differ from autonomy, self-determination, sovereignty and isolation? definition
- Is the question about a country, a movement, institutions or churches? boundary
Concepts
Named concepts.
Concepts
Concepts.
- What are economic independence, autocephaly, Quebec sovereignty, media independence, Venezuelan independence and Laurentie? definition
- Which entry fits the specific concept? action
Politics Political independence.
Attribution.
Decolonisation
Decolonisation.
Decolonisation
Decolonisation.
- How did decolonisation create many independent states after 1945? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Secession
Secession movements.
Secession
Secession.
- What do supporters, opponents and courts argue about secession such as Quebec, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law International law.
Regulation.
Recognition
State recognition.
Recognition
Recognition.
- How does recognition by other states affect independence? provenance
- Which entry fits diplomatic recognition? action
Clarity Act
Canadian law.
Clarity Act
Clarity Act.
- What did the 1998 Supreme Court reference and the Clarity Act say about Quebec secession? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Institutions.
Attribution.
Judicial
Judicial and media independence.
Judicial
Judicial.
- Why are judicial and media independence important, and how are they measured? provenance
- Which entry fits judicial independence? action
Autocephaly
Church autocephaly.
Autocephaly
Autocephaly.
- How is autocephaly granted in Orthodox churches, and what disputes exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits autocephaly? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Quebec sovereignty and Laurentie be separate entries?
- Should autocephaly be moved to church entries?
- How should recognition disputes be presented?