The Politics of Belonging Nationalism, Liberalism, and Pluralism

by Dieckhoff, Alain; Bauböck, Rainer; Birnbaum, Pierre; Pierré-Caps, Stéphane; Delannoi, Gil; Hermet, Guy; Koubi, Geneviève; Kymlicka, Will; Levy, Jacob; Norman, Wayne; Savidan, Patricia; Weinstock, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780739108253
• ISBN10: 0739108255
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-04
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The Politics of Belonging represents an innovative collaboration between political theorists and political scientists for the purposes of investigating the liberal and pluralistic traditions of nationalism. Alain Dieckhoff introduces an indispensable collection of work for anyone dealing with questions of identity, ethnicity, and nationalism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: New Perspectives on Nationalism	1	(16)
Alain Dieckhoff
I - PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS	17	(50)
The Odd and the Even: Nationhood and Democracy	19	(22)
Gil Delannoi
The Postnational Constellation and the Future of the Liberal State	41	(26)
Patrick Savidan
II - POLITICAL UNITY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY	67	(58)
States and National Cultures: In the Beginning. . . .	69	(18)
Guy Hermet
From Nation-Building to National Engineering: On the Ethics of Shaping Identities	87	(20)
Wayne Norman
The Problem of Civic Education in Multicultural Societies	107	(18)
Daniel Weinstock
III - ACKNOWLEDGING DIVERSITY	125	(50)
Justice and Security in the Accommodation of Minority Nationalism	127	(28)
Will Kymlicka
National Minorities without Nationalism	155	(20)
Jacob T. Levy
IV - MODELS OF DIVERSITY	175	(108)
Between Universalism and Multiculturalism: The French Model in Contemporary Political Theory	177	(18)
Pierre Birnbaum
The Management of Cultural Diversity in France	195	(26)
Genevieve Koubi
Territorial or Cultural Autonomy for National Minorities?	221	(38)
Rainer Baubock
The Principle of Personal Autonomy: A Solution for the Future?	259	(24)
Stephane Pierre-Caps
Index	283	(8)
About the Contributors	291