Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination

The book questions the classic idea of self-determination - the right to self-determination is a right of peoples, not of minorities - by examining the content of the right to self-determination and the content of minority rights. Self-determination has four dimensions: the political, the economic,...

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Main Author: Barten, Ulrike (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • The international relations framework
  • Classic sources on minority rights and self-determination
  • Non-state actors and non-binding instruments
  • Legitimacy and justice
  • Legitimacy and justice of non-binding instruments
  • Part II: Minority rights
  • Minority, people, nation
  • Understanding self-determination
  • Part III: Minority rights and internal self-determination
  • Putting together the pieces
  • Part IV: Conclusion
  • Summary.