Political participation of minorities: a commentary on international standards and practice

Political participation is increasingly recognized as a key issue in the debate about minority rights. This Commentary provides a comprehensive assessment of this right to political participation, arguing that minorities are more likely to feel co-ownership in the state if they can participate freely and effectively in all aspects of governance. INDICE: Introduction; Marc Weller: Democratic governance and minority political participation: Emerging legal standards and practice; General Issues;1: Andreas Wimmer, Lars-Erik Cederman and Brian Min: Ethnic Diversity, Political Exclusion and Armed Conflict: A quantitative analysis of a global dataset;2: John McGarry: Ethnic Domination in Democracies; 3: Annelies Verstichel: Understanding Minority Participation and Representation and the Issue of Citizenship; 4: Zdenka Machnyikova and Lanna Hollo: The Principles of Non-discrimination and Full and Effective Equality and Political Participation; 5: Karen BirdII. Legal Frameworks: Gendering Minority Participation in Public Life; 6: Steven Wheatley: Minorities, Political Participation, and Democratic Governance under the European Convention on Human Rights; 7: Josef Marko: The Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Protection of National Minorities and the Advisory Committee's Thematic Commentary on Effective Participation; 8: Krzysztof Drzewicki: OSCE Lund Recommendations in the Practice of the High Commissioner on National Minorities; 9: Ilona Klímová-Alexander: Effective Participation by Minorities: UN Standards and Practice; 10: Luis Rodríguez-Piñero Royo: Political Participation Systems Applicable to Indigenous Peoples; III. Representation11: Andraz A Melansek: Universal and European Standards of Political Participation of Minorities; 12: Brendan O'Leary: Electoral Systems and the Lund Recommendations; 13: Oleh Protsyk: Making Effective Use of Parliamentary Representation; 14: Florian Bieber: Power-sharing at the Government Level; 15: Francesco Palermo: At the Heart of Participation and its Dilemmas: Minorities in the executive structures; 16: Fernand de Varennes: Political Participation and Power-sharing in Ethnic Peace Settlements; IV: Consultation and Special Issue Participation; 17: Marc Weller: Minority Consultative Mechanisms: Towards Best Practice; 18: Eva Sobotka: Special Contact Mechanisms for Roma; 19: Kristin Henrard: Participation in Social and Economic Life; 20: Katherine Nobbs: International Benchmarks: A review of minority participation in the judiciary; V: Minority Self-governance; 21: Yash Ghai: Participation as Self-governance; 22: Ephraim Nimni: Cultural Minority Self-governance; 23: Bill Bowring: Enhanced LocalSelf-government as a Means of Enhancing Minority Governance; 24: Peter Vermeersch: Minority Associations: Issues of representation, internal democracy and legitimacy; Part VI: Implementation Issues; 25: Emma Lantschner: Minority Participation in Bilateral and International Reporting and Monitoring Processes; 26: Alain Chablais: Legal Entrenchment and Implementation Mechanisms

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956998-4
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 920
• Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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