Till now, little research has investigated the extent or mechanisms by which globalization and self-determination movements are threatening the nation-state. This book brings together the best current research to address this issue.

David R. Cameron is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Yale Program in European Union Studies at Yale University. Gustav Ranis is the Frank Altschul Professor Emeritus of International Economics at Yale University. Annalisa Zinn is a Ph.D candidate in Political Science at Yale University.

1. Introduction 2. Trade, Political Institutions, and the Size of Government 3. Public Opinion, International Economic Integration and the Welfare State 4. Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production 5. The International Monetary Fund and the Global Spread of Privatization 6. The MDBs and the Nation-State 7. The Political Impact of WTO Membership in Urban China 8. WTO Trade Negotiations and State Sovereignty 9. Globalization and Secession 10. Economic Integration and Demands for Political Reorganization: Parallel Trends or Causally Linked Processes? 11. Globalization and Ethnonationalist Movements 12. Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization 13. Recentralizing while Decentralizing