This book explores the place of nationalism in the modern world. It looks at the relationships between nationalism, politics and states, explores the rise of minority national movements and the problems they cause, and discusses the problems of national integration in particular countries. It analyses the problems in a general and thematic way and includes a number of important case studies.

Preface; Chapter 1 Nationalism, Self-Determination and the World Political Map: An Introduction, R.J. Johnston, David B. Knight, Eleonore Kofman; Chapter 2 Nationalist Ideology and Territory, James Anderson; Chapter 3 Nation-State Building in a "Newly Industrialized Country": Reflections on the Brazilian Amazonia Case, Bertha K. Becker; Chapter 4 Marxism and Self-Determination: The Case of Burgenland, 1919, Andrew Burghardt; Chapter 5 Toward A Geography of Peace in Africa: Redefining Sub-State Self-Determination Rights, Josiah A.M. Cobbah; Chapter 6 National Integration Problems in the Arab World: The Case of Syria, Alasdair Drysdale; Chapter 7 Problems in Combining Labour and Nationalist Politics: Irish Nationalists in Northern Ireland, Clive Hedges; Chapter 8 Self-Determination for Indigenous Peoples: The Context for Change, David B. Knight; Chapter 9 Evolving Regionalism in Linguistically Divided Belgium, Alexander B. Murphy; Chapter 10 Nationalism, Social Theory and the Israeli/Palestinian Case, Juval Portugali; Chapter 11 Ethnoregional Societies, 'Developed Socialism' and the Soviet Ethnic Intelligentsia, Graham Smith; Chapter 12 The Occurrence of Successful and Unsuccessful Nationalisms, H. van der Wusten; Chapter 13 Minority Nationalist Historiography, Colin H. Williams; S78 Papers Prepared for the San Sebastian Conference;

R.J. Johnston, David B. Knight, Eleonore Kofman