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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Nations, Nationalism and the State -- THE MEANING OF NATIONALISM -- ETHNIC AND CIVIC NATIONALISM -- NATIONAL CULTURE -- THE USES OF NATIONALISM -- NATIONALISM AND THE STATE -- MINORITY NATIONALISM AND SEPARATISM -- 2 Challenges to the State -- THE NATION-STATE -- THE NATION-STATE AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY -- CULTURE AND POLITICS -- THE STATE AND THE ECONOMY -- THE MANAGEMENT OF SPACE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE -- THE WELFARE STATE -- THE STATE AND SECURITY -- INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE -- THE NATION, THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY -- 3 The New Territorial politics -- THE DECLINE OF TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT -- THE REINVENTION OF TERRITORY -- THE NEW MINORITY NATIONALISMS -- TERRITORIAL AUTONOMY -- THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION -- THE SOCIAL DIMENSION -- THE CULTURAL DIMENSION -- THE POLITICAL DIMENSION -- POLITICAL DYNAMICS -- 4 Quebec -- NATIONAL IDENTITY IN QUEBEC -- TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT -- NATIONALIST DOCTRINE -- THE SUPPORT BASE OF NATIONALISM -- BUILDING THE NATION: LANGUAGE POLICY -- THE ECONOMY -- CIVIL SOCIETY -- EXTERNAL AFFAIRS -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 5 Catalonia -- THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM IN CATALONIA -- NATIONALIST DOCTRINE AND DISCOURSE -- THE SUPPORT BASE OF NATIONALISM -- BUILDING THE NATION. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE -- CIVIL SOCIETY -- THE ECONOMY -- CATALONIA AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -- PROSPECTS FOR CATALONIA -- 6 Scotland -- SCOTLAND AND THE UNION -- THE GROWTH OF SCOTTISH NATIONALISM -- NATIONALIST DOCTRINE AND DISCOURSE -- THE SUPPORT BASE OF NATIONALISM -- CULTURE, NATION AND NATIONALISM -- CIVIL SOCIETY -- THE ECONOMY -- SCOTLAND AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -- CONSTITUTIONAL FUTURES -- 7 Conclusion -- Methodological Appendix -- Opinion Polls -- Ownership in the Economy -- Trade Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index.

IN MULTINATIONAL STATES, THERE ARE OFTEN SPECIFIC DEMANDS FOR AUTONOMY. THESE ARE DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE WITH UNIFORM THEORIES OF THE STATE, YET PROPOSALS FOR ASYMMETRICAL GOVERNMENT AROUSE CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE STATE AND THE EMERGING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TERRITORY AND POWER ARE SUCH THAT ASYMMETRY IS BECOMING A MORE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE MULTINATIONAL STATE. THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST ASYMMETRY ARE ANALYZED.

Regionalism has come back to prominence, as the political, economic, cultural, and social meaning of space is changing in contemporary Europe. In some ways, politics, economics, and public policies are deterritorializing; but at the same time and in other ways, there is a reterritorialization of economic, political, and governmental activity. The 'new regionalism' is the product of this decomposition and recomposition of the territorial framework of public life, consequent on changes in the state, the market, and the international context. Functional needs, institutional restructuring, and political mobilization all play a role. Regionalism must now be placed in the context of the international market and the European Union, as well as the nation-state.

Examines origins & current status of the position of Scotland in the UK, which rests on a contractual arrangement by which Scotland abolished its state while retaining its distinctive civil institutions. The union state contract was founded on (1) common values, (2) economic interest, (3) institutions in state & civil society, (4) policy, (5) the party & class systems; & (6) an external support system, all of which were challenged in the 1990s. A substantial majority of Scots now favor constitutional change & the establishment of an elected Scottish parliament. The UK has resisted home rule for Scotland & Scottish public opinion is increasingly favoring secession. Without constitutional change, the conflict will only increase. 1 Table, 3 Figures. Adapted from the source document.