Research Catalog

Title

The participation of minorities in public life / Venice Commission.

Author

UniDem Seminar (2007 May 18-19 : Zagreb, Croatia)

Publication

Strasbourg : Council of Europe Pub., 2008.

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Additional Authors

European Commission for Democracy through Law.

Description

121 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Collection Science and technique of democracy ; no. 45

Uniform Title

Science and technique of democracy ; no. 45.

Subject

• Minorities > Political activity > Europe > Congresses
• Political participation > Europe > Congresses

Note

• "This publication contains the reports presented and discussed at the UniDem Seminar organised in Zagreb on 18 and 19 May 2007 by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law ..."--P. 5.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• "Contains the reports presented and discussed at the UniDem Seminar organised in Zagreb on 18 and 19 May 2007 by the European Commission for Democracy through Law, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia and in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia, the University of Zagreb and the University of Glasgow" -- P. 5.
• Introductory address / Gianni Buquicchio -- Constitutional non-recognition of minorities in the context of unitary states: an insurmountable obstacle? / Stéphane Pierre-Caps -- Territorial solutions for managing diversity and their changing role / Francesco Palermo -- Making minorities more influential in public life: opportunities provided by existing constitutional arrangements and their limitations / Constance Grewe -- Special measures to promote minority representation in elected bodies: the experience of the OSCE High Commission on National Minorities (HCNM) / Annelies Verstichel -- Can international monitoring mechanisms and EU integration prospects help improve national minority participation at the domestic level? / Tin Gazidova -- The development of a corpus of international standards and its influence at the domestic level to ensure minority participation / Judit Solymosi -- The revival of cultural autonomy in certain countries of Eastern Europe: were lessons drawn from the inter-war period? / David J. Smith -- Contemporary forms of cultural autonomy in Eastern Europe: recurrent problems and prospects for improving the functioning of elected bodies of cultural autonomy / Christopher Decker -- Personal autonomy through the "communities" system: does the example of Belgium suggest that forms of non-territorial autonomy can make a difference in terms of minority participation? / Jean-Claude Scholsem -- The reappearance of an old model: cultural autonomy / John Hiden.

OCLC

• 464574994
• SCSB-10349045

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Harvard Library