<p>Can we reconcile multiculturalism and nationalism? Is it possible to reconstitute a form of nationalism which is not based on notions of ethnic superiority or the territorial nation state?</p><p>This new book examines this crucial contemporary debate, combining normative political theory and empirical material. It addresses the key issues of:</p><ul><li>ethnicity</li><li>diversity</li><li>autonomy </li><li>minority rights. </li></ul><p>This examination is underpinned by an analysis of 'classical' theorists such as Otto Bauer and Karl Renner and leading contemporary thinkers such as Habermas, Anthony Smith and Will Kymlicka.</p><p><em>Multicultural Nationalism</em> is essential reading for all students of nationalism, multiculturalism and ethnicity and of politics and sociology in general.</p>