Nations, Nationalism, and The European Citizen
- Content Type
- Working Paper
- Institution
- Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
- Abstract
- What is a nation? Do nations have a right to self-determination? If so, does that mean that the national identity of citizens is best guaranteed by a system of democratic government, in which power is subject to open disputation and to the consent of the governed living within a carefully defined territory? And what of nationalism? Does it differ from national identity? Is it compatible with democracy? If not, cam its growth be prevented, or at least controlled, so as to guarantee the survival or growth of democracy?
- Topic
- Civil Society, Nationalism, Politics
- Political Geography
- Europe