1st Edition

Nationalism and National Integration

By Anthony H. Birch Copyright 1989
    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    Nationalist theories are still controversial, while the process and frequent failures of national integration are issues of central importance in the contemporary world. Birch's argument is illustrated by detailed and topical case studies of national integration in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia: the United Kingdom, with the Welsh, the Scots, the Irish and the coloured minorities; Canada, with its Anglo-French tensions, its cultural pluralism and its indigenous peoples claiming the right of self-government; Australia, with its increasing ethnic diversity and its failure to integrate the Aborigines.

    Part 1 Theory and Principles; Chapter 1 Concepts and problems; Chapter 2 The origins and nature of nationalist theory; Chapter 3 Nationalism and its critics; Chapter 4 National integration; Chapter 5 The question of minority rights; Chapter 6 Minority nationalist movements and the question of secession; Part 2 Practice and Experience; Chapter 7 National integration in the United Kingdom; Chapter 8 National integration in Canada; Chapter 9 National integration in Australia; Chapter 10 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index;

    Biography

    Anthony H. Birch