Political Loyalty and the Nation-State (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Politics, 23)

Political Loyalty and the Nation-State examines the gradual weakening of the state's ability to order the political allegiances of its subjects. At the focal centre of the book lies the question of the extent to which it is possible to invest political principles, such as the rules and procedures of democracy, with a sentiment of loyalty and whether political loyalty can become merely a matter of choice and personal responsibility. The authors consider theoretical issues, problems of loyalty arising from population movement and case studies of conflicts of loyalty from Italy, Northern Ireland, and Russia. It is shown that loyalty can become decoupled from state, territory and nation; that loyalties can be multiple; and that today's loyalties reflect advanced attitudes towards difference. Introduction: Loyalty And The Post-national State / Michael Waller And Andrew Linklater -- Pt. I. Rethinking National Loyalty -- 1. Cosmopolitan Loyalties And Cosmopolitan Citizenship In The Enlightenment / Ursula Vogel -- 2. Loyalty And Plurality: Images Of The Nation In Australia / Richard Devetak -- 3. Deterrorialized Loyalty: Multiculturalism And Bosnia / David Campbell -- 4. Conflicting Loyalties: Women's Human Rights And The Politics Of Identity / Jill Steans. Edited By Michael Waller And Andrew Linklater. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.