The Editors : André Lecours is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, and is a member of the Research Group on Plurinational Societies. His main research interests are nationalism (with a focus on Belgium, Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom), federalism, and institutionalist theory. Geneviève Nootens teaches political philosophy and holds the Canada Research Chair in Democracy and Sovereignty at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.
She is a member of the Research Group on Plurinational Societies and of the Research Center on Diversity in Quebec ; she also collaborates to the Ethnicity and Democratic Governance project. Her main research interests are contemporary liberalism, nationalism, the state, and democratic theory.