Nationalism has become a key area of political theory, with a huge expansion in the amount of literature available. Yet there are few readers available which bring together the best and most representative of these works in one volume. This text includes both the core, basic texts in the area which are required for any course on nationalism, and a selection of more interesting, less mainstream pieces - for example from postcolonialism and feminism, and debates which have taken place over issues such as citizenship, migration and asylum - with the aim of engaging the reader with some of the contemporary debates which have reconfigured our understanding of nationalism. relate theories and debates within and across a range of disciplines, illuminating themes and issues of central importance in both historical and contemporary contexts, and showing how nationalism has evolved and has impacted upon and interacted with other political and social forms and forces. each with its own introduction: nationalism and the national question; theorizing nationalism; nationalist movements and nation states; globalization and nationalism; and beyond nationalism? internationalism, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism.