Majority minority

Part I Demographic Change and the Nation-State

Part II Island Nations

Part III Redefining the People.

Part I. Demographic change and the nation-state. Majority minority: an introduction ; Escape velocity: the pull of nationalism amid demographic change ; Pathways of majority-minority societies: a comparative historical analysis

Part II. Island nations. "An unnatural country": Singapore's quest to control the uncontrollable ; None for all: citizenship and peoplehood in Bahrain ; Masked conflict: carnival and power relations in Trinidad and Tobago ; Where we belong: maroon villages and national memory in Mauritius ; Internal affairs: why New York's Irish still run the police department ; Culture change: How Hawai'i found harmony in its demise

Part III. Redefining the people. From backlash to coexistence: how institutional choices determine social boundaries ; Nation-building: messages and messengers that cultivate coexistence ; Borderline white: the past and future of race in American politics ; Reimagined communities: connectedness as a criterion for governance.