Partition (politics)

Partition in political science refer to a change of political borders cutting through at least one community’s homeland. That change is done primarily via diplomatic means, and use of military force is negligible.Common arguments for partitions include:historicist - that partition is inevitable, or is already happening, this argument is related to historicismlast resort - that partition should be pursued to avoid the worst outcomes (genocide or largescale ethnic expulsions), if other means failcost-benefit - that partition offers, on balance, a better prospect of conflict reduction than the maintenance of the existing bordersbetter tomorrow - that there will be a reduction in actual violence and conflict recurrence, and that the new more homogenized polities that emerge will have better prospects for the peaceful development in futurerigorous end - heterogeneity in cultures is bad, homogeneous states should be the goal of any policy
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