Minority Nationalism and the Changing International Order

Globalization and European integration are sometimes seen as the enemies of nationalism, sweeping away particularisms and imposing a single economic, cultural and political order. The book argues on the contrary that, by challenging the 'nation-state' as the sole basis for identity and sovereignty, they open the way for a variety of claims by stateless nations. It is certainly true that recent years have seen a strong recurrence of nationalist claims, in Europe and in other parts of the world. At the same time, however, globalization and European integration provide new ways of managing nationality claims. At one level, they lower the stakes in independence and might permit peaceful transitions to independence. Yet they may also make independence in the traditional sense less important and provide ways in which multiple and conflicting nationality claims could be accommodated in new political structures. The chapters in this collection consider these issues from a theoretical perspective and through case studies of stateless nationalisms in western, eastern and central Europe, the former Soviet Union and Quebec. They record a wide variety of experiences and show that, while there are no easy answers to conflicting national claims, there is reason to believe that they can be managed through democratic political processes.

Table of Contents:
1: Michael Keating and John McGarry: Introduction. Minority Nationalism and the Changing International Order Part One. Minority Nationalism and the Changing International Order: Comparative and Philosophical Perspectives 2: Michael keating: Nations without States. The accommodation of nationalism in the new state order 3: Margaret Moore: Globalization, Cosmopolitanism, and Minority Nationalism 4: Will Kymlicka: Immigrant Integration and Minority Nationalism 5: David Laitin: National Identities in the Emerging European State 6: Walker Connor: From a theory of Relative Economic Deprivation Toward a Theory of Relative Political Deprivation Part Two: Minority Nationalism and the Changing International Order: Case-Studies 7: Jurg Steiner: Switzerland and the European Union - a Puzzle 8: Mireya Folch-Serra and Joan Nogue-Font: Civil Society, Media and Globalization in Catalonia 9: Daniel Latouche: Quebec Nationalism and Globalization 10: Tozun Bahcheli: Missing the European Train? Turkish Cypriots, the European Union Option, and the resolution of the conflict in Cyprus 11: Janet Laible: Nationalism and a Critique of European Integration: Questions from the Flemish Parties 12: James Mitchell and Michael Cavanagh: Context and Contingency: Constitutional Nationalists and Europe 13: Kate Graney: Sharing Sovereignty: Tatarstan and the Russian Federation 14: John McGarry: . European Integration, Globalization and the Northern Ireland Conflict 15: Mitja Zagar: Minority Nationalism in Eastern Europe 16: Julie Bernier: Nationalism in Transition: Nationalizing Impulses and International Counterweights in Latvia and Estonia

Review :
The quality of all chapters is high, and the introduction by Keating and McGarry is stimulating and well informed. What is more, this is a volume that comprehensively covers what presently should be said about minority nationalism under conditions of globalization. In short: a book any scholar with an interest in these subjects is well advised to tell his/her librarian to purchase. International Migration Review (IMR) ... insightful case studies ... This book is appropriate for a course in nationalism or comparative politics, and undergraduate students as well as seasoned scholars would find it of interest. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Keating and McGarry have taken on an important subject and have assembled a range of able contributors to produce a valuable volume of theoretical examinations and case studies addressing the new (and old) dynamics of minority nationalism in the era of globalization ... this is a significant contribution to the study of ethnopolitics, which will have its use in advanced undergraduate and graduate teaching as well as in the debates among scholars and policy makers. Canadian Journal of Political Science Keating makes a number of important points with regard to the changing nature of the state in an international or regional framework in which the notion of sovereignty has radically changed. Canadian Journal of Political Science