Fragile Nations The Promise and Perils of Multinational Democracies

"Fragile Nations is an ambitious and important work that blends several theoretical literatures - nationalism, liberalism, constitutionalism - and deep empirical knowledge of the histories and institutional workings of the cases. This is no easy feat, and Mathieu achieves it with flying colours." - Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan

"Elegant and rigorous, Fragile Nations reimagines the conditions for successful constitutional coexistence, arguing that political stability flows from recognition and empowerment - a powerful corrective to orthodoxies of centralization. A book for our times with broad reach and applicability." - Richard Albert, University of Texas at Austin