'Brubaker's framing of a 'pas de trois' of the nationalizing state, the national minority population, and the national homeland illuminates brilliantly the political dynamics of nationalism. His concepts and descriptions are historically rich and sociologically compelling. It will no longer be possible for me to write about nationalism without reference to this masterful set of essays.' David D. Laitin, University of Chicago

• Part I. Rethinking Nationhood and Nationalism: 1. Rethinking nationhood: nation as institutionalized form, practical category, contingent event; 2. Nationhood and the national question in the Soviet Union; 3. National minorities, nationalizing states, and external national homelands in the New Europe; Part II. The Old 'New Europe' and the New: 4. Nationalizing states in the old 'New Europe' - and the new; 5. Homeland nationalism in Weimar Germany and 'Weimar Russia'; 6. Aftermaths of empire and the unmixing of peoples.

'Brubaker's framing of a 'pas de trois' of the nationalizing state, the national minority population, and the national homeland illuminates brilliantly the political dynamics of nationalism. His concepts and descriptions are historically rich and sociologically compelling. It will no longer be possible for me to write about nationalism without reference to this masterful set of essays.' David D. Laitin, University of Chicago

• Part I. Rethinking Nationhood and Nationalism: 1. Rethinking nationhood: nation as institutionalized form, practical category, contingent event; 2. Nationhood and the national question in the Soviet Union; 3. National minorities, nationalizing states, and external national homelands in the New Europe; Part II. The Old 'New Europe' and the New: 4. Nationalizing states in the old 'New Europe' - and the new; 5. Homeland nationalism in Weimar Germany and 'Weimar Russia'; 6. Aftermaths of empire and the unmixing of peoples.

'Brubaker's framing of a 'pas de trois' of the nationalizing state, the national minority population, and the national homeland illuminates brilliantly the political dynamics of nationalism. His concepts and descriptions are historically rich and sociologically compelling. It will no longer be possible for me to write about nationalism without reference to this masterful set of essays.' David D. Laitin, University of Chicago

• Part I. Rethinking Nationhood and Nationalism: 1. Rethinking nationhood: nation as institutionalized form, practical category, contingent event; 2. Nationhood and the national question in the Soviet Union; 3. National minorities, nationalizing states, and external national homelands in the New Europe; Part II. The Old 'New Europe' and the New: 4. Nationalizing states in the old 'New Europe' - and the new; 5. Homeland nationalism in Weimar Germany and 'Weimar Russia'; 6. Aftermaths of empire and the unmixing of peoples.