IDENTITIES: How Governed, Who Pays?

7. After reading the latest commentaries on applied identity studies, a thought presented itself that a more general discussion might be beneficial to all concerned regardless of the discipline, nationality, ethnicity or any other concern.
8. By way of taking the first step, it can be stressed that almost all authors devoting their energies to the topic at hand concentrated on one polity or the relations of one identity with its neighbors, competitors, or allies.