Table of Contents

Introduction, Wolfgang Danspeckgruber. Part 1 Context: global change and the future of existing nation-states, Jeffrey Herbst; self-determination under international law, Richard Falk; UN intervention and national sovereignty, Michael W. Doyle; the limits of ""self-determination"", Emilio J. Cardenas and Maria Fernanda Canas; avoiding the iron cage of legislated communal identity, John Waterbury. Part 2 Case studies: self-determination and regionalization in contemporary Europe, Wolfgang Danspeckgruber; self-determination and state contraction - Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank/Gaza, Ian S. Lustick; self-determination and national identity crisis -the case of the Sudan, Francis M. Deng; language and politics of self-expression - Mayan revitalization in Guatemala, Kay B. Warren; self-administration and local autonomy - reconciling conflicting interest in the PRC, Minxin Pei; can democracies accommodate ethnic nationalism? - the rise and decline of self-determination movements in India, Atul Kohli; federalism and self-determination in Russia - a crisis in governance, William C. Wolforth and Tyler Felgenhauer; conclusion, Wolfgang Danspeckgruber; appendices.