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Democracy and human rights in multicultural societies /

Contributor(s): Koenig, Matthias | Guchteneire, P. F. A. de (Paul F. A.) | Unesco.
Publisher: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Paris : Ashgate ; UNESCO, c2007Description: xvii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754670292; 9780754670292:; 0754670295; 9780754670308 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0754670309 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9789231040504 (UNESCO); 9231040502 (UNESCO).Subject(s): Human rights | Ethnic relations -- Political aspects | Minorities -- Civil rights | Multiculturalism | Democracy | Pluralism (Social sciences)DDC classification: 323
Contents:
Political governance of cultural diversity / Matthias Koenig, Paul de Guchteneire -- Nationalism, ethnic conflict and democratic governance / Juan Diez-Medrano -- Constitutional and governmental policies towards Basque nationalist extremism / Enric Martínez-Herrera -- Conflict management in Northern Ireland / Stefan Wolff The decline of the PKK and the viability of a one-state solution in Turkey / Matthew Adam Kocher -- Linguistic rights as an integral part of human rights - a legal perspective / Fernand de Varennes -- Protecting linguistic minorities-the role of the OSCE / Sally Holt, John Packer -- Language legislation in the Baltic states / Boriss Cilcvĭcs -- Language rights in South Africa : an adequate level of minority protection? / Kristin Henrard -- The impact of language policy on endangered languages / Suzanne Romaine -- The resurgence of religious movements in the processes of globalization - beyond the end of history or the clash of civilizations / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt -- Modes of religious pluralism under conditions of globalization / Ole Riis -- Prison Chaplaincy in England and Wales - from Anglican brokerage to a multi-faith approach / James A. Beckford -- The challenges of religious pluralism in post-Soviet Russia / Kathy Rousselet.
Summary: This text is about the political governance of cultural diversity. It analyses how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples and migrant communities in the past decades.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 323 KOE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0069143
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political governance of cultural diversity / Matthias Koenig, Paul de Guchteneire -- Nationalism, ethnic conflict and democratic governance / Juan Diez-Medrano -- Constitutional and governmental policies towards Basque nationalist extremism / Enric Martínez-Herrera -- Conflict management in Northern Ireland / Stefan Wolff The decline of the PKK and the viability of a one-state solution in Turkey / Matthew Adam Kocher -- Linguistic rights as an integral part of human rights - a legal perspective / Fernand de Varennes -- Protecting linguistic minorities-the role of the OSCE / Sally Holt, John Packer -- Language legislation in the Baltic states / Boriss Cilcvĭcs -- Language rights in South Africa : an adequate level of minority protection? / Kristin Henrard -- The impact of language policy on endangered languages / Suzanne Romaine -- The resurgence of religious movements in the processes of globalization - beyond the end of history or the clash of civilizations / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt -- Modes of religious pluralism under conditions of globalization / Ole Riis -- Prison Chaplaincy in England and Wales - from Anglican brokerage to a multi-faith approach / James A. Beckford -- The challenges of religious pluralism in post-Soviet Russia / Kathy Rousselet.

This text is about the political governance of cultural diversity. It analyses how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples and migrant communities in the past decades.

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