Research Catalog

Title

Political participation of minorities : a commentary on international standards and practice / edited by Marc Weller ; assistant editor, Katherine Nobbs.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Weller, M. (Marc)
• Nobbs, Katherine.

Description

lxiii, 855 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Minorities > Political activity
• Political participation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Ethnic diversity, political exclusion, and armed conflict: a quantitative analysis of a global dataset / Andreas Wimmer, Lars-Erik Cederman, and Brian Min -- Ethnic domination in democracies / John McGarry -- Understanding minority participation and representation and the issue of citizenship / Annelies Verstichel -- The principles of non-discrimination and full and effective equality and political participation / Zdenka Machnyikova and Lanna Hollo -- Gendering minority participation in public life / Karen Bird -- Minorities, political participation, and democratic governance under the European Convention on Human Rights / Steven Wheatley -- The Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities and the Advisory Committee's thematic commentary on effective participation / Joseph Marko -- OSCE Lund Recommendations in the practice of the High Commissioner on National Minorities / Krzysztof Drzewicki --^
• Effective participation by minorities: United Nations standards and practice / Ilona Klímová-Alexander -- Political participation systems applicable to indigenous peoples / Luis Rodríguez-Piñero Royo -- Universal and European standards of political participation of minorities / Andraz A Melansek -- Electoral systems and the Lund Recommendations / Brendan O'Leary -- Making effective use of parliamentary representation / Oleh Protsyk -- Power-sharing at the governmental level / Florian Bieber -- At the heart of participation and of its dilemmas: minorities in the executive structures / Francesco Palermo -- Political participation and power-sharing in ethnic peace settlements / Fernand de Varennes -- Minority consultative mechanisms: towards best practice / Marc Weller -- Special contact mechanisms for Roma / Eva Sobotka -- Participation in social and economic life / Kristin Henrard -- International benchmarks: a review of minority participation in the judiciary / Katherine Nobbs --^
• Participation as self-governance / Yash Ghai -- Cultural minority self-governance / Ephraim Nimni -- Enhanced local self-government as a means of enhancing minority governance / Bill Bowring -- Minority associations: issues of representation, internal democracy, and legitimacy / Peter Vermeersch -- Minority participation in bilateral and international reporting and monitoring processes / Emma Lantschner -- Legal entrenchment and implementation mechanisms / Alain Chablais / Appendix I: The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life (OSCE) -- Appendix II: Commentary on the Effective Participation of Persons Belonging to National Minorities in Cultural, Social, and Economic life and in Public Affairs.

ISBN

• 9780199569984 (alk. paper)
• 0199569983 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009052045

OCLC

494981687

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library