Explores the political and socio-economic circumstances surrounding minority nationalism and analyses its successes and failures in recent years.

1. Introduction Michael Watson 2. Wales Denis Balsom 3. Scotland Jack Brand 4. Northern Ireland (i) The Nationalists George Boyce (ii) The Unionists Simon Murphy 5. Corsica Peter Savigear 6. The Basques Jean Grugel 7. Quebec Michael Macmillan 8. The Afrikaners John Dreijmanis 9. The USSR Peter Duncan 10. Rights and Minority Nationalism Howard Williams 11. Minority Nationalism and the State: the European State Michael Keating 12. Conclusion: the Seventies, Eighties and Beyond (i)Assessment of the resurgence (ii) Perspectives on the 1980s (iii) The way forward Michael Watson Subject Index Name Index