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Explores the ways in which the nation-state and nationalism are challenged by contemporary realities. This volume addresses changes to our understanding of national sovereignty, problems posed by violent conflict between rival national projects, the feasibility of postnationalist democracy and citizenship, and the debate over global justice.

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Introduction: A Postnationalist Era?; K.Breen & S.O´Neill PART I: NATIONALISM NOW - THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL REFLECTIONS Nationalism, Ethnicity and Self-Determination: A Paradigm Shift; E.Nimni Consociation and Self-Determination Disputes: The Evidence from Northern Ireland and Other Recent Cases; J.McGarry & B.O´Leary Iraq as a New Multi-National State: A Cautious Defence; B.O´Leary Non-Territorial Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe: Reflections on the Revival of an Idea; D.J.Smith The End of Union? Scottish Nationalism and the UK State; M.Keating Nationalism and Violence; J.Hutchinson PART II: NORMATIVE CHALLENGES - DEMOCRACY, IDENTITY AND JUSTICE Against Global Democracy; D.Miller Postnationalist Democratization: Rethinking Nationality, Trust, and Accountability; C.McBride On Voting Ethics for Dual Nationals; D.Weinstock Nations, Sovereignty, and Democratic Legitimacy: On the Boundaries of Political Communities; G.Nootens Dilemmas of Belonging: Multiculturalism in Plural Societies; C.Frost National Commitments and Universal Duties: On the Interrelationship between Domestic and Global Justice; M.Moore Global Egalitarianism or National Self-Determination?; C.Armstrong Index

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CHRIS ARMSTRONG Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton, UK CATHERINE FROST Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada JOHN HUTCHINSON Reader in Nationalism in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK MICHAEL KEATING Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen, UK CILLIAN MCBRIDE Lecturer in Political Theory at Queen´s University, Belfast, UK JOHN MCGARRY Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy in the Department of Political Studies at Queen´s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada DAVID MILLER Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford, UK MARGARET MOORE Professor of Political Theory at Queen´s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada EPHRAIM NIMNI Reader at the School of Politics, International Studies, and Philosophy, Queen´s University, Belfast, UK GENEVIÔVE NOOTENS Canada Research Chair in Democracy and Sovereignty at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada BRENDAN O´LEARY Lauder Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of Pennsylvania Program in Ethnic Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, USA DAVID J. SMITH Professor of Baltic History and Politics at the Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK DANIEL WEINSTOCK Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Université de Montréal, Canada

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