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| Varying Form of Title: | Democracy, Minorities & International Law
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| ISBN: | 9780511584336 (ebook)
9780521848985 (hardback)
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| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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| Summary: | This work explores the contribution that international law may make to the resolution of culture conflicts - political disputes between the members of different ethno-cultural groups - in democratic States. International law recognises that persons belonging to minorities have the right to enjoy their own culture and peoples have the right to self-determination without detailing how these principles are to be put into effect. The emergence of democracy as a legal obligation of States permits the international community to concern itself with both the procedure and substance of 'democratic' decisions concerning ethno-cultural groups. Democracy is not to be understood simply as majority rule. Cultural conflicts in democratic States must be resolved in a way that is either acceptable or defensible and defeasible to all citizens, including persons belonging to ethno-cultural minorities. Democracy, Minorities and International Law examines the implications of this recognition.
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| Other form: | Print version: 9780521848985
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