Identities, Affiliations, and Allegiances

Wheredopoliticalidentitiescomefrom,howdotheychangeovertime,andwhatistheirimpactonpoliticallife?Thisbookexplorestheseandrelatedquestionsinaglobalizingworldwherethenationstateisbeingtransformed,definitionsofcitizenshipareevolvinginunprecedentedways,andpeople'sinterestsandidentitiesaretakingonnewlocal,regional,transnational,cosmopolitan,andevenimperialconfigurations.Pre-eminentscholarsexaminethechangingcharacterofidentities,affiliations,andallegiancesinavarietyofcontexts:theevolvingcharacteroftheEuropeanUnionanditsmembercountries,theBalkansandothernewdemocraciesofthepost-1989world,anddebatesaboutcitizenshipandculturalidentityinthemodernWest.Theseessaysareessentialreadingforanyoneinterestedinthepoliticalandintellectualfermentthatsurroundsdebatesaboutpoliticalmembershipandattachment,andwillbeofinteresttostudentsandscholarsinthesocialsciences,humanities,andlaw.