The protection of minorities in the wider Europe / edited by Marc Weller, Denika Blacklock and Katherine Nobbs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weller, M. (Marc)

Blacklock, Denika.

Nobbs, Katherine.

European Centre for Minority Issues.

University of Cambridge. Centre of International Constitutional Studies.

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Government policy--Europe.

Minorities.

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--Europe.

Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.

Minorities--Government policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

x, 296 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Set in the context of an ever-expanding European Union, this book examines whether we are moving towards an integrated regional system of legal provision for minorities. It illustrates the central tension between newer member states, many of which have a keen interest in seeing minority issues addressed, and established members, which remain extremely hesitant in committing themselves fully to a minority rights regime.

With expert contributions from both academics and practitioners, this book analyses the issue of minority rights in Europe, from historical, institutional and practical perspectives, to build a holistic picture of the development, institutionalization and problems of legal provision for minorities. Addressing the past, present and future of the European minority rights regime, this volume is an essential companion for anyone with an interest in minority issues and/or EU expansion.

Contents:

Introduction: The Outlook for the Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe / Marc Weller 1

Part I The Evolution of Minority Governance in Europe

1 The Evolving Basis of European Norms of Minority Rights: Rights to Culture, Participation and Autonomy / Will Kymlicka 11

2 Collective Rights in the Context of EU Accession / Hans-Joachim Heintze 42

3 Forging Territorial Cohesion in Diversity: Are National Minorities Promoting Fourth-Level Integration? / Tove H. Malloy 54

Part II European Mechanisms for the Management of Minority-Majority Relations

4 A Remaining Share or a New Part? The EU's Role vis-a-vis Minorities after the Enlargement Decade / Gabriel von Toggenburg 95

5 The EU and the Management of Ethnic Conflict / Stefan Wolff, Annemarie Peen Rodt 128

6 The Enlargement of the European Union and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities / Krzyztof Drzewicki 154

7 The Future of Minority Issues in the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe / Rainer Hofmann 171

Part III Minority-Majority Relations in Practice in an Enlarged EU

8 Minority Protection in Central Europe and Accession to the EU / Wojciech Sadurski 209

9 Enlargement and Interethnic Power-Sharing Arrangements in Central and Eastern Europe / Martin Brusis 232

10 The Europeanization of Minority-Majority Relations in the Greece-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle / Nathalie Tocci 251

11 The Effective Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe: Counterbalancing the Security Track / Katherine Nobbs 276.

Notes:

"Published under the auspices of the European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany, and the Centre for International Constitutional Studies at the University of Cambridge."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230001299

0230001297

OCLC:

156831783