'''Self-determination''' is the right of all peoples (as a [[nation]] or [[culture]]) to govern themselves in a [[democracy]], and their own [[nation-state]]. When the [[United Nations]] was formed after [[World War 2]] its charter included a statement of the right of self-determination for all nations.
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'''Self-determination''' is the right of all peoples (as a [[nation]] or [[culture]]) to govern themselves in a [[democracy]], and their own [[nation-state]]. When the [[United Nations]] was formed after [[World War 2]] its charter included a statement of the right of self-determination for all nations. It is also used by Marxists as a form of dialectic.