Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design : a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge /

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.
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.
Subject:
Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa.
Minorities -- Civil rights -- Africa.
Ethnic relations.
Minorities -- Civil rights.
Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Africa -- Ethnic relations.
Africa.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9119767
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ISBN:9789004205352 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004205357 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004235533 (e-book)
9004235531 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgement
  • Chapter I. Introduction
  • 1.1. Background and Objectives of the Study
  • 1.2. The Concept of Minorities
  • 1.3. The Framework of Minority Rights Defended in this Study
  • 1.4. The Implications of a Minority Rights Framework for Democratisation in Africa
  • 1.5. Methodology of the Study
  • 1.6. Outline of Chapters
  • Chapter II. The Issue of Minorities in Africa: Describing its Context and Understanding its Nature
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The Nature and Genesis of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Africa
  • 2.2.1. The Pre-colonial Background
  • 2.2.2. Colonialism: The Emergence of New Patterns of Relations
  • 2.2.3. Patterns of Ethno-Cultural Diversity Bequeathed to the Post-colonial State
  • 2.2.3.1. States with a Majority Group
  • 2.2.3.2. States of Minorities
  • 2.3. Various Categories of Minorities and the Nature of their Claims
  • 2.3.1. Ethno-Cultural Minorities
  • 2.3.2. Ethno-Political Minorities
  • 2.3.3. Ethno-National Minorities
  • 2.3.4. Peripheral Minorities
  • 2.4. Conclusion
  • Chapter III. The Issue of Minorities in the Political and Constitutional Discourse and Practice of Post-colonial Africa
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The Imperative of Nation-Building
  • 3.2.1. The Flaws and Ultimate Failure of Post-colonial Nation-Building in Africa
  • 3.3. The Influence of the Dominant Constitutional Paradigm of the Nation-State
  • 3.3.1. National (Popular) Sovereignty
  • 3.3.2. The Limits of the Unitarist Conception of National Sovereignty
  • 3.3.3. The Individual-Rights-Based Conception of the State-Society Relationship
  • 3.4. The 'Second African Independence' and the Neglect of the Issue of Minorities
  • 3.4.1. The Nature of Post-1990 Constitutional Reform
  • 3.4.2. The Nature of Post-1990 Constitutional Changes and Democracy in Africa and their Limitations
  • 3.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter IV. The Normative Bases for Constitutional Accommodation of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Africa: The Three Components of the Minority Rights Framework
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Cultural Identity
  • 4.2.1. The Theoretical Framework
  • 4.2.2. The International Law Framework
  • 4.2.2.1. Identity and Existence
  • 4.2.2.2. Rights Relating to Language and Education
  • 4.2.3. The African Human Rights System
  • 4.3. Equality
  • 4.3.1. Theoretical Framework
  • 4.3.2. The International Law Framework
  • 4.3.3. The African Human Rights System
  • 4.4. Self-Determination
  • 4.4.1. The Dominant Perspective and its Limits
  • 4.4.2. Anaya on Self-Determination
  • 4.4.3. Emerging Trends in International Law and the African Human Rights System
  • 4.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter V. Towards a Multicultural Constitutional Framework: The Institutional Dimensions of the Minority Rights Framework
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Self-Government and/or Territorial Autonomy
  • 5.3. Institutionalising Effective Representation and Participation of Minorities
  • 5.4. Language and Cultural Policies, and Guarantees for Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights
  • 5.5. Socio-economic Guarantees, Including Positive Measures
  • 5.6. The Nature and Limits of Minority Rights and the Principles Regulating Them
  • 5.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter VI. South Africa's Constitutional Design for the Accommodation of Diversity
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. The Context: The Nature of Minority Issues in South Africa
  • 6.3. Indirect Accommodation in the Political Processes and the Structures of the State
  • 6.3.1. Representation and Participation
  • 6.3.2. Achievements and Limitations
  • 6.3.3. The System of Provincial Government: Minority Accommodation through 'Federalism'
  • 6.3.4. Provincial Boundaries
  • 6.3.4.1. The Division of Power
  • 6.3.4.2. Achievements and Challenges
  • 6.3.5. Self-Determination
  • 6.4. Language Policy and the Accommodation of Linguistic Diversity
  • 6.4.1. Official Languages
  • 6.4.2. Other Language Guarantees
  • 6.5. Rights of Religious and Cultural Communities
  • 6.5.1. The Relationship between s 30 and s 31
  • 6.5.2. S 31 Rights
  • 6.5.2.1. The Right to Participate in One's Culture and the Recognition of Customary Law
  • 6.5.2.2. Exemptions from General Rules
  • 6.6. The CRCRLC
  • 6.7. Equality beyond Recognition of Difference: Socio-Economic Guarantees, including Positive Measures
  • 6.8. Conclusion
  • Chapter VII. The Case of Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Federalism as the Only Viable Option
  • 7.2.1. The Founding Principles and Peculiar Features of Ethiopia's Federation
  • 7.2.2. Member States of the Federation
  • 7.2.3. Division of Powers
  • 7.3. Representation and Participation
  • 7.4. Language and Culture
  • 7.4.1. Official Language
  • 7.4.2. Language and Education
  • 7.4.3. Rights to Language and Culture
  • 7.5. Equality Beyond Recognition of Difference: Socio-economic Guarantees, Including Positive Measures
  • 7.6. Assessment of the Constitutional Design
  • 7.6.1. The Limits of the Constitutional Design
  • 7.6.1.1. The Flaws in its Paradigmatic Basis
  • 7.6.1.2. Discrepancy Between Theory and Fact: The Neglect of Regional Minorities
  • 7.6.1.3. Threat to Individual Rights
  • 7.6.1.4. Threat of the Fragmentation of the Political System and the Common National Economy
  • 7.6.1.5. Horizontal Relationship Between Various Groups: The Unregulated Domain
  • 7.6.1.6. Lack of Effective and Independent Constitutional Adjudication Mechanism
  • 7.6.2. Achievements
  • 7.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter VIII. Conclusion, Findings and Final Observations
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. The Core Arguments and Findings of the Study
  • 8.3. Overall Conclusions and Final Observations
  • 8.3.1. Federalism
  • 8.3.2. Representation and Participation
  • 8.3.3. Language, Culture and Religion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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