Research Catalog

Title

Minority rights : between diversity and community / Jennifer Jackson Preece.

Author

Jackson Preece, Jennifer.

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.

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Details

Description

ix, 213 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this book, Jackson Preece analyses whether traditional minority rights theory is sufficiently dynamic to inform effective responses to modern challenges. The central premise behind minority rights is that groups recognized and supported by the political community are far less likely to challenge its authority or threaten its territorial integrity. However, as Jackson Preece shows, the potential for collisions of values and interests still exists, and the possibility of a permanent solution to the problem of diversity remains elusive." "Minority Rights will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of political science, international relations, law and sociology."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Key concepts

Uniform Title

Key concepts (Polity Press)

Subject

• Nations unies > Et les minorités
• Minorities > Civil rights

Genre/Form

History (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-207) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Understanding the 'Problem of Minorities' -- Religion -- Race -- Language -- Ethnicity -- Beyond the 'Problem of Minorities'? -- Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities -- Selected Documents.

ISBN

• 0745623956 (hbk.)
• 0745623964 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 60965049
• SCSB-10496415

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library