Contemporary crisis of the nation state? / edited by John Dunn.

Preface -- Introduction : crisis of the nation state? / John Dunn -- America's federal nation state : a crisis of post-imperial viability? / David P. Calleo -- Russia : a crisis of post-imperial viability? / John Barber -- Rescue or retreat? : the nation state in Western Europe, 1945-93 / William Wallace -- The crisis of identification : the case of Canada / James Tully -- The military crisis of the nation state : will Asia be different from Europe? / Paul Bracken -- Crisis of the nation-state in India / Sudipta Kaviraj -- The crisis of Southern states / Geoffrey Hawthorn -- A crisis of ecological viability? : global environmental change and the nation state / Andrew Hurrell -- The permanent crisis of a divided mankind : "contemporary crisis of the nation state" in historical perspective / Istvan Hont -- Contributors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.