Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community
Jennifer Jackson Preece
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Description for Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community
Hardback. * Offer a concise introduction to this controversial and growing area of study and debate. * Explores the ways in which minorities are constructed through religion, race, language and ethnicity. * Draws on a range of contemporary examples from across the world. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
The question of minority rights is one of the great dilemmas of contemporary politics. Increases in the flow of immigrants, migrants and refugees have raised public concerns that greater cultural and ethnic diversity creates instability within nation-states. But does stability really require homogeneity? Or can it be maintained in the presence of different minority groups?
The question of minority rights is one of the great dilemmas of contemporary politics. Increases in the flow of immigrants, migrants and refugees have raised public concerns that greater cultural and ethnic diversity creates instability within nation-states. But does stability really require homogeneity? Or can it be maintained in the presence of different minority groups?
In this path-breaking 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 ... Read more
Minority Rights will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of political science, international relations, law, and sociology.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Key Concepts
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745623955
SKU
V9780745623955
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jennifer Jackson Preece
Jennifer Jackson-Preece is Lecturer in Nationalism in Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Reviews for Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community
"An agile and gripping work which adroitly moves from the evolution of church-state relations to political philosophy, international relations theory to affirmative action and finally to the development of international society in the twentieth century." Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism "This is an important book. At a time when western societies are becoming increasingly ... Read more