However it is characterized, nationalism is a phenomenon of central importance in the modern world because it reflects the special moral significance that most people in fact attach to their ties as members of a particular nation. All forms of nationalism share the view that it is right and good for some particular people, or all peoples, to promote a common national identity through appropriate institutions. Contemporary philosophers are increasingly concerned to evaluate the claims of nationalism. Are ties of nationality desirable? Do they generate special obligations among conationals that do not extend to others? Is national identity compatible with the rights of national minorities in a larger nation-state, and duties of global justice that are owed to distant peoples? Is nationalism compatible with standard liberal assumptions concerning the equal worth of all persons, and the impartiality required for justice? If liberalism, nationalism, and global justice...