MICHAEL KEATING is Professor of Scottish Politics at the University of Aberdeen and Professor in Regional Studies, European University Institute, Florence.
Quebec, Catalonia and Scotland are three stateless nations looking for a future in a world beyond the nation state. This book argues that national identity may be a vital source of social cohesion in a world dominated by markets and global forces, but that this does not necessarily entail sovereign statehood in the traditional sense. These three nations are harbingers of a new post-sovereigntist nationhood.
List of Tables List of Figures Nations, Nationalism and the State Challenges to the State The New Territorial Politics Quebec Catalonia Scotland Conclusion Bibliography Index
'This is a path-breaking book which focuses on the re-emergence of nationalism in three stateless nations... In Nations against the State, Keating offers a well argued and stimulating analysis of nationalism in Quebec, Catalonia and Scotland. This book will be essential reading for scholars of nationalism and students in the fields of sociology and politics.' - Dr Monsterrat Guibernau, The Open University
Über den Autor
Michael Keating
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Tables List of Figures Nations, Nationalism and the State Challenges to the State The New Territorial Politics Quebec Catalonia Scotland Conclusion Bibliography Index
Klappentext
Quebec, Catalonia and Scotland are three stateless nations looking for a future in a world beyond the nation state. This book argues that national identity may be a vital source of social cohesion in a world dominated by markets and global forces, but that this does not necessarily entail sovereign statehood in the traditional sense. These three nations are harbingers of a new post-sovereigntist nationhood.
1 Revised and updated to take account of the 1995 Canadian Referendum; Scottish devolution and developments in Catalonia
2 Reviews of the first edition described Keating's approach as 'path-breaking'
3 Essential reading for students of politics and sociology
