<p>For thirty years, Alain-G. Gagnon has been one of the world’s leading experts on federalism and multinational democracies. In <em>Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty</em>, he presents an articulate and accessible introduction to the ways in which minority nations have begun to empower themselves in a global environment that is increasingly hostile to national minorities.</p><p>Comparing conditions in Quebec, Catalonia, and Scotland, Gagnon offers six interrelated essays on national minorities, processes of accommodation, and autonomy and self-determination within a modern democratic context. Based on a long career of scholarly study and public engagement, he argues that self-determination for these “nations without states” is best achieved through intercultural engagement and negotiation within the federal system, rather than through independence movements.</p><p>Already translated into fifteen languages from the original French, <em>Minority Nations in the Age of Uncertainty</em> is an essential text on the theory of multinational federalism and the politics of minority nations.</p>