After the Nation Critical Reflections on Nationalism and Postnationalism [Hardcover]

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.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 IndexCHRIS ARMSTRONG Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southampton, UKCATHERINE FROST Associate Professor of Political Science at McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaJOHN HUTCHINSON Reader in Nationalism in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMICHAEL KEATING Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen, UKCILLIAN MCBRIDE Lecturer in Political Theory at Queen's University, Belflã*