Reloading the Minority Nations after 1945: Some Transnational Suggestions

Abstract

The articles contained in this issue constitute a selection of the papers presented at the Reloading the Nation? Alternative concepts of sovereignty and citizenship in national movements (1960-2014) workshop, which was held in Brussels by NISE and the Centre Maurits Coppieters on 3-4 December 2015. Five years later, the reflections contained in these contributions do not appear to be outdated. Events since then, in particular the evolution of the Catalan secessionist challenge and the new impulse that Brexit seems to give to the possibility of holding a second referendum for independence in Scotland, continue to stress the utmost relevance of sub-state nationalism in present-day European politics.

Keywords

• Nation
• citizenship
• identity
• national movements
• sub-state nationalism
• Europe