1. Liberal democracies, national pluralism and federalism / Ferran Requejo and Miquel Caminal -- 2. Shadows of the Enlightenment : refining pluralism in liberal democracies / Ferran Requejo -- 3. Liberal democracy and national minorities / Bhikhu Parekh -- 4. The transformation of the democratic state in western Europe / John Loughlin -- 5. Liberal multiculturalism and human rights / Will Kymlicka -- 6. On postnational identity / Michel Seymour -- 7. Reframing sovereignty? : sub-state national societies and contemporary challenges to the nation-state / Stephen Tierney -- 8. Federalism and the protection of rights and freedoms : affinities and antagonism / José Woehrling -- 9. The myth of civic patriotism : nationalism under the veil of the Republic in France / Ramón Máiz -- 10. From quid pro quo to modus vivendi : can legalizing secession strengthen the plurinational federation? / Wayne Norman -- 11. Nationalism and cosmopolitanism in the global age / Montserrat Guibernau -- 12. Democracy, federalism and plurinational states / Miquel Caminal.