Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design : a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge /
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| Author / Creator: | Dersso, Solomon A. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012. |
| Description: | xii, 267 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in international minority and group rights, 2210-2132 ; 4 Studies in international minority and group rights ; 4. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9119767 |
| Summary: | Although ethnic conflicts in Africa have been a subject of a large number of studies, the potential and role of norms on minority rights to address claims that ethno-cultural groups raise has not received the attention it deserves. Based on materials from normative political theory and international human rights law and using an empirical and prescriptive analysis, this book defends a robust system of minority rights built around culture, equality and self-determination. This is employed to elaborate an adequate constitutional design providing policy frameworks (multilingual language policy, recognition and affirmation of cultural diversity,), structures (that ensure just representation and participation of members of all groups) and norms (that guarantee substantive equality and the rights to language, religion and culture). Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 267 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004205352 9004205357 9789004235533 9004235531 |
| ISSN: | 2210-2132 ; |
