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Offering an confrontation of the uncritical choice of the ´nation-state´ as a unit of analysis in postwar social science, this book utilises specially collected data from 14 regions across five European states to explores how citizens define and pursue collective goals at regional scale as well as at the scale of the ´nation-state´.

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1. Introduction: Regional Public Attitudes Beyond Methodological Nationalism; C.Jeffery 2. Citizenship After Devolution in the United Kingdom: Public Attitudes in Scotland and Wales; A.Henderson, C.Jeffery, D.Wincott and R.W.Jones 3. A Comparative study of Citizenship in Three Spanish Autonomous Communities; C.Galais, E.Martinez-Herrera and F.Pallarés 4. Regional Citizenship in Germany: Solidarity and Participation in a Unitary Federal State; J.Oberhofer, D.Roth, J.Stehlin, R.Sturm and F.Wille 5. Public Attitudes to National and Regional Citizenship in a Unitary Federal State: The Case of Austria; F.Fallend, P.A.Ulram and E.Zugmeister 6. Regional Citizenship and Scales of Governance in France; R.Pasquier 7. Multi-level Citizenship in Europe: A Comparative Examination of the Rescaling of Political Life; A.Henderson 8. Conclusions: Citizenship After the Nation State- The 2009 Survey and Beyond; D.Wincott and R.W.Jones

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Franz Fallend, Universität Salzburg, Austria Carol Galais, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Ailsa Henderson, University of Edinburgh, UK Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh, UK Enric Martinez-Herrera, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Julia Oberhofer, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Francesc Pallarés, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Romain Pasquier, Institut d´Etudes Politiques, France Dieter Roth, Universität Heidelberg, Germany Julia Stehlin, Universität Heidelberg, Germany Roland Sturm, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Peter Ulram, University of Vienna, Austria Felix Wille, Universität Heidelberg, Germany Daniel Wincott, Cardiff Law School, UK Richard Wyn Jones, Cardiff University, UK Eva Zugmeister, GfK Austria, Austria

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