State and nation in multi-ethnic societies
Subtitle: the breakup of multinational states
By: edited by Uri Ra'anan ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ra'anan, Uri, 1926-; Boston University. Institute for the Study of Economic Culture.; Boston University. Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology & Policy.; Doktor-Karl-Renner-Institut.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Manchester, England; New York; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Representative government and representation -- Congresses; Minorities -- Political activity -- Congresses; Ethnic groups -- Political activity -- Congresses; Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- Congresses
Description: Asks whether there are lessons to be drawn for contemporary multi-ethnic societies from the experience of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in its last decades. Also asks if ideas about the state/nation relationship from that period of Austrian Social Democracy can have applicability today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Revised contributions originally presented at a conference held in Vienna in Jan. 1991, sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy, Boston University, and the Renner-Institut.