Is Self-Determination a Dangerous Illusion?. David Miller

presented there and also to political theory workshops at Uppsala University and Nuffield College, Oxford: I am very grateful to everyone who offered comments and made suggestions at those meetings. Thanks are due, too, to George Owers and three readers for Polity Press for providing detailed comments on the manuscript, in the process saving me from a number of faux pas. Last but not least, Margaret has been a constant source of advice and encouragement.