Montserrat Guibernau - Belonging_ Solidarity and Division in Modern Societies (2013, Polity)

Belonging

Belonging

Solidarity and Division in

Modern Societies

Montserrat Guibernau

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Contents

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank those who have supported me while I have been writing and thinking about this book: Christopher Dandeker, Alain Gagnon, Zig Layton-Henry, François Rocher, Grahame Thompson and Nick Swimm.

As a member of the editorial board of the journal Nations and Nationalism, I have greatly appreciated and benefited from debates and conversations with Anthony D. Smith and the other members/friends of the editorial team.

I have also thoroughly enjoyed seminars and debates held at the Cañada Blanch Centre of the European Institute at the London School of Economics. I am especially indebted to Paul Preston for his constant support and advice.

I started this book while being a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. In particular, I owe a great debt to John B. Thompson for his encouragement and assistance. I am also grateful to Patrick Baert, Christel Lane, David Lehmann and Jackie Scott. My gratitude goes to the College Council at St John’s for kindly inviting me to the Fellow’s Table at Cambridge, thus providing an opportunity to exchange views and meet fellow-scholars in various disciplines.

At Queen Mary, University of London, I would like to thank my colleagues at the School of Politics and International Relations, in particular Jeremy Jennings, Adam Fagan and Monika Nangia.