1. Frustrated Nationalism in the Twenty-First CenturyGregory MahlerPart I. Nationalism and Some Western Democratic States 2. Frustrating Nationalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and Self-Determination David Ryan3. A Secular Turn: The Place of Culture in Quebec's Self-Conception Raffaele Iacovino4. Nation-Building within a Union State: Scotland's Frustrated Nationalism Christopher A. WhatleyPart II. Nationalism and Minority Groups 5. Contextual Nationhood: The Multiple Dimensions of Nationality in the Mi'kmaw People's Nation-Building Strategies Simone Poliandri6. Rethinking Mexican Nationalism: Mestizaje, Indigenous Peoples, and Zapatismo Neil Harvey and Dolores Trevizo7. Māori Struggle for Indigenous Rights: Contesting Sovereignty in New Zealand Toon van MeijlPart III. Nationalism and Ethnic Survival 8. Virtual Tibet: Representation, Legitimacy, and Struggles for Democracy Åshild Kolås and Tashi Nyima9. Self-Determination and National Liberation in Kurdistan in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Joost Jongerden10. The Biafra Separatist Movement and Resurgence of Igbo Nationalism in Nigeria Bernard Ugochukwu Nwosu and Kenneth Omej11. Beyond a Militia: Notes on the History and Ideology of the Huthi (Ansar Allah) Movement in Yemen Felipe Medina GutiérrezPart IV. Afterword 12. Nationalism and National Identity in the Twenty-First Century Gregory MahlerAbout the Contributors Index

Essays that describe the efforts of several groups in a variety of political settings to achieve greater control over the policies that affect them, the strategies they employ to do so, and their status today.