A comprehensive introduction to nationhood in contemporary states This book challenges a standard definition of nationhood by setting it apart from national identity, nationalism and diversity. Based on rich case studies of immigration worldwide, it shows that nationhood occurs when the receiving state negotiates ethnic differences to form a natural bond with immigrants, rather than insisting on blind loyalty to the majority culture. The goal is a broad, value-added society of diverse peoples and successful prevention of criminality, ghettoization, extremism and even radicalization through reasonable immigrant integration. Drawing on extensive research in transnationalism and ethnic conflict around the world, Raymond Taras re-evaluates the concepts of nation and nationalism in light of the major demographic changes brought about by global migration. The result is a framework for understanding the emergence of postmodern nationhood in the era of globalisation and beyond. Raymond Taras is Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, and a Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, New Orleans. He has authored and edited over twenty books, including Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy: Europe and Beyond and Challenging Multiculturalism: European Models Of Diversity.