Splitsville USA

Moves beyond abstract theory to offer the first serious engagement with how a breakup could occur.. Zurn outlines steps for a peacefully negotiated breakup of the United States into several new nations. Argues against the prevailing narrative that a dissolution would only be negative. Instead Zurn details how a breakup would save republican democracy in the US as an alternative to authoritarianism, ungovernability, and/or civil war. Draws on latest research across several academic fields: political theory, political science, comparative law, social psychology, and history to base empirical claims in fact and data. Zurn writes in an accessible and engaging style that will be appropriate general audiences in addition to scholars and students of the subjects covered.