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In a world in which change is constant, the principle of self-determination is important. Through (collective) acts of self-determination, nations exercise the right to govern themselves. At present the nation-state system with which we are familiar faces several challenges. In Western Europe, sub-state nationalism is on the rise. In the Middle East and North Africa, the state system bequeathed by former colonial powers faces increasing threats from pan-Islamist movements. Overall, the established order faces unprecedented uncertainties. The scholars who have contributed to this volume assess the merits, limitations and trajectories of self-determination in the twenty-first century, pointing to the paradoxes and anomalies that are encompassed by what at first sight is a simple and seductive concept. From the perspective of the twenty-first century and informed by a wealth of experience, each of the contributors to this volume offers some valuable and intriguing observations on the future of self-determination and the movements its call engenders. This book was published as a special issue of Ethnopolitics.

Uriel Abulof is an Associate Professor of Politics at Tel-Aviv University and an LISD senior research fellow at Princeton Universitys Woodrow Wilson School. He is the author of The Mortality of Morality of Nations (Cambridge University Press) and Living on the Edge: The Existential Uncertainty of Zionism (Haifa University Press), which won Israels best academic book award. He studies political legitimation, social movements, nationalism and ethnic conflicts. His articles have appeared in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, International Political Sociology, Nations and Nationalism, British Journal of Sociology, European Journal of International Relations, Ethnic and Racial Studies and International Politics.

Karl Cordell is Professor of Politics at Plymouth University, UK. He has numerous publications in the fields of German politics, German-Polish relations and the politics of nationalism and ethnicity. He is also co-editor of the journals Civil Wars and Ethnopolitics.

The Association for the Study of Nationalities
www.nationalities.org

Edited by
Karl Cordell, Plymouth University, UK
Florian Bieber, University of Graz, Austria
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham, UK

The books in this series focus on the dynamics and interactions of significant minority and majority nationalisms in the context of globalisation and their social, political and economic causes and consequences. Each book is focused on an important topic drawn from the rigorously peer-reviewed articles published in Nationalities Papers and Ethnopolitics, and includes authoritative theoretical reflection and empirical analysis by some of the most widely recognized experts in the world.

Nationalities Papers

Conflict in South-Eastern Europe at the End of the Twentieth Century

A Scholars Initiative assesses some of the controversies
Edited by Thomas Emmert and Charles Ingrao

Identities, Nations and Politics after Communism

Crimes of State Past and Present

Government-Sponsored Atrocities and International Legal Responses
Edited by David M. Crowe

The Communist Quest for National Legitimacy in Europe, 19181989

The Comparative Approach to National Movements

Miroslav Hroch and Nationalism Studies
Edited by Alexander Maxwell

State-building in the Western Balkans

European Approaches to Democratization
Edited by Soeren Keil

Cultural Politics of Architecture, Urban Planning and Identity in Eurasia
Edited by Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen

Ethnopolitics

Gambling on Humanitarian Intervention

Ethnopolitics of Elections

Internationalized State-building after Violent Conflict

Bosnia Ten Years after Dayton

Governance in Ethnically Mixed Cities

Transnationalism in the Balkans

Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe

EU Conflict Management

Ethnicity and Religion

Intersections and Comparisons

Migration and Divided Societies

Segment States in the Developing World

Conflicts Cause or Cure?

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SECTION I
Self-determination and the end of history

SECTION II
The dangers of self-determination

SECTION III
Self-determination and the politics of identity

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