True. They are promoted to the national level from whatever previous
sub-national origin.

I carefully spoke of them as "artifacts" of division.

Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pepijn Hendriks" <yahoo@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Some thoughts on claves

> "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...> wrote:
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> >Finally, I come to the new realization: Most national-level enclaves are
> >artifacts of the division of some larger entity.
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> >The complexities at Baarle resulted from the independence of Belgium from the
> >Netherlands. The droves of Cooch Behar enclaves resulted from the division
of
> >British India into India and Pakistan (later Bangladesh). Sastavci resulted
> >from the disintegration of Yugoslavia. The former West Berlin resulted from
the
> >partition of Germany among the Four Powers. The many iffy enclaves found
> >scattered about the post-Soviet republics resulted from the dissolution of
the
> >USSR.
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> I would say that national-level enclaves were promoted from sub-
> national enclaves when the larger entity you talk about was divided.
> It only explains their current status, not their origin.
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> -Pepijn
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