Majorities, minorities, and the future of nationhood / Edited by Liav Orgad, European University Institute, Florence, Ruud Koopmans, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung.

Ruud Koopmans is Research Director at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, and Professor of Sociology at Berlin's Humboldt University.

"This volume presents leading perspectives on how liberal states can balance between conflicting interests of majority and minority groups, so that they can live together in mutual respect. The last decade's events are an alarming reminder of how conflicts over majority and minority relations can shake democracy at its foundations"-- Provided by publisher.