People, nation and state : the meaning of ethnicity and nationalism / edited by Edward Mortimer, with Robert Fine.

Introduction / Edward Mortimer -- The making of ethnicity: a modest defence of primordialism / Robin Cohen -- The nature of ethnicity: lessons from Africa / Terence Ranger -- Adam's navel: 'primordialists' versus 'modernists' / Ernest Gellner -- The nation: real or imagined? / Anthony D. Smith -- Gender, nations and nationalisms / Catherine Hall -- The elusive cultural community / Olivier Roy -- Defining national identity in a multicultural society / Bhikhu Parekh -- Beyond the flawed principle of national self-determination / Adam Roberts -- Theright of self-determination / Danilo Turk -- Between union and separation: the path of conciliation / Gidon Gottlieb -- Does a nation need a state? Reflectionson liberal nationalism / Neil MacCormick -- Benign nationalism? The possibilities of the civic ideal / Michael Ignatieff -- Benign nationalism? The limits of the civic ideal / Robert Fine.