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• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Orientations 1. Internal Colonialism Revisited 2. States and "Nation-Groups" a Global Taxonomy 3. Nationalism and Modernity 4. Causes and Varieties of Nationalism: A Rationalist Account 5. Economic Integration, National Policies, and the Rationality of Regional Separatism 6. A Rational Choice Approach to the Rise and Decline of Ethnoregional Political Parties 7. Decision Modes towards Separatist Movements: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Considerations 8. Sociological Intervention and the Internal Dynamics of the Occitanist Movement 9. Issues of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Ethnolinguistic Movements: The Case of Frisian Nationalism in the Netherlands Part II: Comparative Analyses 10. From Primordialism to Nationalism 11. Catalan Nationalism: Some Theoretical and Historical Considerations 12. Nationalism and the Noncolonial Periphery: A Discussion of Scotland and Catalonia 13. Living in the House of Power: Welsh Nationalism and the Dilemma of Antisystem Politics 14. The Political Economy of Contemporary Nationalism in Wales 15. The Religious Factor in Contemporary Nationalist Movements: An Analysis of Quebec, Wales and Scotland 16. Ethnic Cleavages. Labour Aristocracy, and Nationalism in Quebec Conclusion Index

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• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Orientations 1. Internal Colonialism Revisited 2. States and "Nation-Groups" a Global Taxonomy 3. Nationalism and Modernity 4. Causes and Varieties of Nationalism: A Rationalist Account 5. Economic Integration, National Policies, and the Rationality of Regional Separatism 6. A Rational Choice Approach to the Rise and Decline of Ethnoregional Political Parties 7. Decision Modes towards Separatist Movements: Some Conceptual and Theoretical Considerations 8. Sociological Intervention and the Internal Dynamics of the Occitanist Movement 9. Issues of Theory and Methodology in the Study of Ethnolinguistic Movements: The Case of Frisian Nationalism in the Netherlands Part II: Comparative Analyses 10. From Primordialism to Nationalism 11. Catalan Nationalism: Some Theoretical and Historical Considerations 12. Nationalism and the Noncolonial Periphery: A Discussion of Scotland and Catalonia 13. Living in the House of Power: Welsh Nationalism and the Dilemma of Antisystem Politics 14. The Political Economy of Contemporary Nationalism in Wales 15. The Religious Factor in Contemporary Nationalist Movements: An Analysis of Quebec, Wales and Scotland 16. Ethnic Cleavages. Labour Aristocracy, and Nationalism in Quebec Conclusion Index