Minorities In A Democracy
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Minorities In A Democracy
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Author : Humayun Kabir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Minorities In A Democracy written by Humayun Kabir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Democracy categories.
Moral Minorities And The Making Of American Democracy
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Author : Kyle G. Volk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Moral Minorities And The Making Of American Democracy written by Kyle G. Volk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Should the majority always rule? If not, how should the rights of minorities be protected? In Moral Minorities and the Making of American Democracy, Kyle G. Volk unearths the origins of modern ideas and practices of minority-rights politics. Focusing on controversies spurred by the explosion of grassroots moral reform in the early nineteenth century, he shows how a motley but powerful array of self-understood minorities reshaped American democracy as they battled laws regulating Sabbath observance, alcohol, and interracial contact. Proponents justified these measures with the "democratic" axiom of majority rule. In response, immigrants, black northerners, abolitionists, liquor dealers, Catholics, Jews, Seventh-day Baptists, and others articulated a different vision of democracy requiring the protection of minority rights. These moral minorities prompted a generation of Americans to reassess whether "majority rule" was truly the essence of democracy, and they ensured that majority tyranny would no longer be just the fear of elites and slaveholders. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth-century, minority rights became the concern of a wide range of Americans attempting to live in an increasingly diverse nation. Volk reveals that driving this vast ideological reckoning was the emergence of America's tradition of popular minority-rights politics. To challenge hostile laws and policies, moral minorities worked outside of political parties and at the grassroots. They mobilized elite and ordinary people to form networks of dissent and some of America's first associations dedicated to the protection of minority rights. They lobbied officials and used constitutions and the common law to initiate "test cases" before local and appellate courts. Indeed, the moral minorities of the mid-nineteenth century pioneered fundamental methods of political participation and legal advocacy that subsequent generations of civil-rights and civil-liberties activists would adopt and that are widely used today.
Minorities And Religious Freedom In A Democracy
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Author : James Massey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Minorities And Religious Freedom In A Democracy written by James Massey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Democracy categories.
This Book Deals With Christians As A Minority And Controverts The Myth That They Are The Most Forward Community. It Details The General Constitutional Rights As Well As Special Rights Of The Minorities In India And Focuses Attention On The Relationship Between Human Rights Of Minorities. An Essential Reading For Sociologists, Political Scientists, Human Rights Activists And All Others Interested In The Issues Involved And The Future Of Indian Polity.
Minorities In A Democracy
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Author : James Massey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Minorities In A Democracy written by James Massey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Political Science categories.
Personal experience of the problems of minorities.
Democracy And The Limits Of Minority Rights
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Author : Nalini Rajan
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Release Date : 2002-10-04
Democracy And The Limits Of Minority Rights written by Nalini Rajan and has been published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-04 with Social Science categories.
At the start of the 21st century, we are still debating various fundamental issues pertaining to core human values, popularly known as 'human rights'. Constituting an important contribution to the debate, the central purpose of this book is to demonstrate the essential link between human rights and democracy. Nalini Rajan maintains that human rights can flourish only in a state which promotes the democratic value of equal consideration of individual autonomy - i.e., each person's capacity to act independently. Taking up various important issues and concepts like multiculturalism, citizenship, economic rights, and the right to a certain quality of life, Nalini Rajan argues that minority rights are not the only way to counter majoritarianism. She also advocates structural and constitutional changes to render the Indian polity more federal, particularly through devolution and local self-governance.
Human Rights And Minorities In The New European Democracies
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Author : Cezar Bîrzea
language : en
Publisher: Council of Europe
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Human Rights And Minorities In The New European Democracies written by Cezar Bîrzea and has been published by Council of Europe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Political Science categories.
"[O]rganised jointly by the Council of Europe and the Estonian authorities"--P. 9.
Diversity In Democracy
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Author : Gary M. Segura
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2006-08-14
Diversity In Democracy written by Gary M. Segura and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-14 with Political Science categories.
As the racial and ethnic minority populations of the United States grow past 30 percent, candidates cannot afford to ignore the minority vote. The studies collected in Diversity and Democracy show that political scientists, too, must fully recognize the significance of minority-representation studies for our understanding of the electoral process in general. If anything has limited such inquiry in the past, it has been the tendency for researchers to address only a single group or problem, yielding little that can be applied to other contexts. Diversity in Democracy avoids this limitation by examining several aspects of representation, including both Latino and African American perspectives, and a wide range of topics, ranging from the dynamics of partisanship to various groups' perceptions of the political system. The result is a work that pulls together decades of disparate work into a broad and cohesive overview of minority representation. The most significant conclusion to emerge from this multifaceted examination is the overwhelming importance of context. There is no single strategic key, but taken together, these studies begin to map the strategies, institutions, and contexts that enhance or limit minority representation. In navigating the complexities of minority politics, moreover, the book reveals much about American representative democracy that pertains to all of us. Contributors Susan A. Banducci, Texas Tech University * Matt A. Barreto, University of California, Irvine * Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside * Todd Donovan, Western Washington University * Luis Ricardo Fraga, Stanford University * F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico * Elisabeth R. Gerber, University of Michigan * Stacy B. Gordon, University of Nevada, Reno * Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine * Zoltan L. Hajnal, University of California, San Diego * Sarah Harsh, Fleishman Hillard * Rodney E. Hero, University of Notre Dame * Martin Johnson, University of California, Riverside * Jeffrey A. Karp, Texas Tech University * Hugh Louch, Cambridge Systematics * Stephen P. Nicholson, Georgia State University * Adrian D. Pantoja, Arizona State University * Gary M. Segura, University of Iowa * Katherine Tate, University of California, Irvine * Caroline J. Tolbert, Kent State University * Carole J. Uhlaner, University of California, Irvine * Nathan D. Woods, Welch Consulting
Political Participation Of Minorities
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Author : Marc Weller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Political Participation Of Minorities written by Marc Weller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Law categories.
This Commentary provides the reader with a review of international standards and practice relating to the political participation of minorities. Political participation has been increasingly recognized as a foundational issue in the debate about minority rights. It is argued that minorities are more likely to feel co-ownership in the state if they have the opportunity to participate freely and effectively in all aspects of its governance, and that sustained and meaningful engagement will guard against the sense of alienation and exclusion among minorities that often emerges in ethnically divided societies. Taking as its starting point the two most important standard-setting documents in the field - the Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life, developed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe's Thematic Commentary on the Issue of Political Participation of Minorities - the Commentary locates the international legal entitlement to political participation within the wider context of the right to democratic governance. It also considers effective participation in relation to the right to full and effective equality, as well as the legal entrenchment of these provisions and implementation mechanisms. Individual chapters then consider each of the principal mechanisms aimed at enhancing political participation, ranging from procedures covering minority representation in political institutions to consultative mechanisms and autonomy solutions. The Commentary draws on a team of experts, all of whom are recognized authorities in this specialized area of minority issues.
Democracy Minorities And International Law
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Author : Steven Wheatley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-12-22
Democracy Minorities And International Law written by Steven Wheatley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-22 with Law categories.
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 recognizes 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 And Human Rights In Multicultural Societies
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Author : Matthias Koenig
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Democracy And Human Rights In Multicultural Societies written by Matthias Koenig and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Political Science categories.
Published in association with UNESCO, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies examines the political governance of cultural diversity, specifically how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples and migrant communities. Its principle aim is to understand, explain and assess public-policy responses to ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity. Adopting interdisciplinary perspectives of comparative social sciences, the contributors address the conditions, forms, and consequences of democratic and human-rights-based governance of multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-faith societies.