Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 7
3. Contents 9
4. Maps 10
5. Introduction 11
6. I. HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL EXPLORATIONS
7. 1. Ethnonationalism in the First World: The Present in Historical Perspective 19
8. 2. Political Theories and the Explanation of Ethnic Conflict in the Western World: Falsified Predictions and Plausible Postdictions 46
9. 3. The Interfaces of Regionalism in Western Europe: Brussels and the Peripheries 65
10. II. CASE STUDIES
11. 4. Continuity in Change: Spanish Basque Ethnicity as a Historical Process 81
12. 5. Splitting the Difference: Federalization without Federalism in Belgium 103
13. 6. The Social Class of Ethnic Activists in Contemporary France 143
14. 7. Bretons and Jacobins: Reflections on French Regional Ethnicity 159
15. 8. French-English Relations in Canada and Consociational Democracy 179
16. 9. Interethnic Relations and the Language Issue in Contemporary Canada: A General Appraisal 204
17. 10. Ethnic Conflict in Northern Ireland: International Aspects of Conflict Management 228
18. 11. Scottish Nationalism, North Sea Oil, and the British Response 251
19. 12. Ethnic Political Conflict in South Tyrol 287
20. 13. Does the Consociational Theory Really Hold for Switzerland? 324
21. 14. Some Causes of Political Change in Modern Yugoslavia 343
22. III. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
23. 15. Perspectives on Ethnic Conflict in Industrialized Societies 371
24. Contributors 391
25. Index 393