State and nation in multi-ethnic societies : the breakup of multinational states

Abstract

Part 1 Concepts: nation and state - order out of chaos, Uri Ra'anan reducing conflict through cultural autonomy - Karl Renner's contribution, Theodor Hanf the political feasibility of Austro-Marxist proposals for the solution of the nationality problem of the Danubian monarchy, Alfred Pfabigan. Part 2 History: problems of conflict resolution in a multi-ethnic state - lessons from the Austrian historical experience 1848-1918, Gerald Stourzh attempts to achieve a German-Czech Ausgleich in Austria and the consequences of its failure, Zdenek Karnik national conflicts and the democratic alternative in the Austo-Hungarian monarchy and its successors, Peter Sipos. Part 3 Contemporary applications: the end of the multinational Soviet empire?, Uri Ra'anan the Yugoslav question - past and future, Dusan Necek the social construction of national identies - the case of Catalonia as a nation in the Spanish state, Joan Estruch state and nation in the United Kingdom, Richard Parry the Canadian conundrum - two concepts of nationhood, Berel Rodal between race, class and culture - social divisions in South Africa's political transition, Lawrence Schlemmer state, nation, and ethnicity in modern Indonesia, Robert W. Hefner. Part 4 Coda: what's wrong with Nationalist?