Description: English summary: Is the concept of "the nation" facing its decline or a renaissance? Will the international politics of coming decades be contingent on national or post-national concepts and what roles will the idea of a nation-state take on? This volume offers controversial answers to these questions.
Review Quotes: "Lesenswerte wissenschaftliche Vertiefung einer elementar wichtigen Fragestellung. [...] Das Werk ist eine wissenschaftliche Fundgrube fur jeden, dem die gegenwartigen Verhaltnisse Sorge bereiten."