Peter Alexis Gourevitch, in Compara-
tive Studies in Society and History (July
1979), Cambridge University Press, 32
East 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10022.
Ethnic consciousness has been on the rise in the West-for example, among France's Bretons and Canada's Quebeqois. But separatist movements have not always cropped up as a result. Gourevitch, a McGill University political scientist, surveyed eight countries to find out why.
When both political leadership and key industries are centralized in...