'Karl Renner is frequently cited in academic writing today, given the recent revived interest in non-territorial autonomy (NTA) and the 'nationalities question' more broadly. Until now, however, Renner's 1902 capstone work has remained inaccessible to an English-language readership. This wonderfully curated translation will become an essential point of reference for scholars and practitioners in the field. The same is true for Kuzmany and Germane's insightful introduction, which addresses the numerous myths and misapprehensions surrounding the original iteration of NTA.' __Professor David J Smith, University of Glasgow, UK 'Karl Renner was shaped by Austro-Marxist theory, realpolitik, and his socialisation in the Habsburg multinational empire. As a German-speaking native of South Moravia and a Social Democrat, he engaged intensively with the nationalities conflicts of Austria-Hungary. His concepts for a peaceful, multinational, multilingual, and culturally diverse coexistence continue to resonate today. For his insight that nationalism, as a powerful and often destructive force, will not simply disappear from politics is more relevant than ever--over 120 years later.

' __Doris Bures, Third President of the National Council of Austria This book is an edited and annotated translation of Karl Renner's seminal Der Kampf der Österreichischen Nationen um den Staat (1902). Its main topics - national diversity within states and its possible accommodation - occupy the minds of academia and wider society today as much as they did in the multinational Habsburg Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. The central question of this book, i.e. how different nationalities can peacefully - and on equal footing - co-exist within the boundaries of the same state, has not lost its salience over the course of the hundred and twenty-three years since it was written. If anything, it has only grown in importance and urgency across a world where the nation-state remains a prevalent form of political organisation. Börries Kuzmany is Associate Professor for Modern History of Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Vienna, Austria. Marina Germane is a historian of modern Europe based in London.