Identity of Nations

Montserrat Guibernau is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London.

• Detailed Contents viAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11 What is National Identity? 92 National Identity, Devolution and Secession 333 The Impact of Migration on National Identity 584 On European Identity 895 Rethinking American Identity 1196 Reactions to the End of ‘Pure’ National Identities 1387 National Identity versus Cosmopolitan Identity 159Conclusion 189Notes 197References and Bibliography 210Index 226

"While processes that challenge national identities in today's apparently global world are well detected and exemplified, Guibernau warns us that we are still far from understanding the internal dynamics of renegotiations of the meaning of these identities. Clear definitions, rich sources of data and a careful selection of relevant case studies all make this volume a good starting point for such investigation."—Political Studies Review "Guibernau paints a broad panorama of national identities and their political mobilization in North America and Western Europe and argues for a "cosmopolitan nationalism" that reconciles moral universalism with a sense of national belonging. The Identity of Nations is an important and thoughtful contribution to current debates on multiculturalism, the rise of the radical right and the relation between national, European and global identities."—Rainer Bauböck, European University Institute, Florence"Montserrat Guibernau brings together a vast experience of the study of nationalism and national identity. Since her original work on Nations without States, based upon her experience of her native Catalonia, she has gone on to study these topics in a variety of situations, especially in the United Kingdom and Canada. This book brings together her perceptive conclusions."—John Rex, University of Warwick"The Identity of Nations is a trenchant analysis of the nature of national identity and contemporary challenges to its continued primacy by a scholar with impeccable credentials."—Walker Connor, Middlebury College