Minorities Minority Rights And Development
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Minorities Minority Rights And Development
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Author : Roger Riddell
language : en
Publisher: Minority Rights Group
Release Date : 1998
Minorities Minority Rights And Development written by Roger Riddell and has been published by Minority Rights Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Provides an overview of the complex relationship between minorities, minority rights and development. Includes a discussion of the policies of development aid bodies.
The Right To Development
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Author : Margot E. Salomon
language : en
Publisher: Minority Rights Group
Release Date : 2003
The Right To Development written by Margot E. Salomon and has been published by Minority Rights Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Political Science categories.
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Development Minorities And Indigenous Peoples
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Author : Stéphanie C. Janet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Development Minorities And Indigenous Peoples written by Stéphanie C. Janet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Indigenous peoples categories.
Compiles extracts of relevant articles from human rights instruments. Presents definitions, including that of the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). Summarizes experiences made in the SUBIR (Sustainable Uses for Biological Resources) project in Ecuador. Appends evaluation guidelines for projects impacting on minorities and indigenous peoples.
World Directory Of Minorities
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Author : Bridget Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Minority Rights Group
Release Date : 1997-01-01
World Directory Of Minorities written by Bridget Anderson and has been published by Minority Rights Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This publication is the first version of the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, published in 1997. The full Directory is now available and continually updated on our website. The large majority of violent conflicts in the world today are conflicts within states, with groups polarized across ethnic and religious divides and not across borders. Ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities are often among the poorest of the poor, suffer discrimination and are frequently the victims of human rights abuses. Time and time again in the past, the United Nations system, governments and even non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field of ‘conflict prevention’ have failed to promote the human rights of minorities or to take early action to promote cooperation between communities. Early action may have prevented the loss of millions of lives in many countries, ranging from Rwanda to the former Yugoslavia, and from Sri Lanka to Guatemala. It is also significant that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Dalai Lama in 1989 and to Jose´ Ramos-Horta and Bishop Carlos Belo in1996 as a result of their peaceful campaigns to promote the rights of their people. The situation of minorities is, then, a matter of major concern, and it is essential that accurate, objective and up-to-date information is made available. This Directory contributes to that process. It is difficult to assess accurately what proportion of the world’s population identify themselves as belonging to minority communities. Conservative estimates place this above 10 per cent, and some suggest that more than 20 per cent of the world’s population belongs to several thousand different minority groups and subgroups. National statistics are often skewed for political reasons, and there is no universally accepted definition of ‘minorities’. The word has different interpretations in different societies throughout the world, while the United Nations General Assembly has not sought to reach a definition beyond that implied in the title of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities adopted in December 1992. Minority Rights Group focuses its work on non-dominant ethnic, religious and linguistic communities, whether or not they are numerical minorities. The concept thus relates to any self-identified community that is marginalized, without power, unable to take decisions over its destiny and often experiencing high levels of illiteracy, under-education and overt or covert discrimination. The basic rights of such communities need protection and promotion. There is, however, a danger of generalizing about minorities and forgetting the complexity of their social composition, including the rural poor, urban migrants, older people, women and children. These groups may be considered as doubly vulnerable. What makes their situation particularly problematic is that there is often a deliberate political policy on the part of majorities and states not to give due regard to the legitimate interests of minorities, while members of minorities see their identity as central to their social and economic situation. They are often excluded from political power and decision-making in the development process, without equal opportunities to secure a better quality of life. One further danger may lie in regarding ethnicities as fixed, rather than as the potentially fluid phenomena that they often are. ‘Situational ethnicity’ does occur, and individuals and groups do modify their self-identifications depending on circumstances. Please note that the terminology in the fields of minority rights and indigenous peoples’ rights has changed over time. MRG strives to reflect these changes as well as respect the right to self-identification on the part of minorities and indigenous peoples. At the same time, after over 50 years’ work, we know that our archive is of considerable interest to activists and researchers. Therefore, we make available as much of our back catalogue as possible, while being aware that the language used may not reflect current thinking on these issues.
Societal Development Minority Rights
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Author : Yussuf Naim Kly
language : en
Publisher: Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press
Release Date : 1997
Societal Development Minority Rights written by Yussuf Naim Kly and has been published by Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Art categories.
"As advancing technology, environmental degradation and competitive globalization impress upon humanity the need for sustainable human-centered development, the way in which majority/minority relations are institutionalized within multinational states may be key to their societal development as a whole." "In this lucid and compelling overview, international legal scholar Y. N. Kly examines the urgent international dialogue now taking place on how best to institutionalize the co-existence of dominant and nondominant ethnic groups within the same multinational state."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Minority Rights In South Asia
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Author : Rainer Hofmann
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2011
Minority Rights In South Asia written by Rainer Hofmann and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Human rights categories.
This publication contains case studies on human and minority rights in the South Asian countries, including a special focus on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and articles on different forms of National Human Rights Commission and Immigration to the UK and «new minorities». It is further complemented by an in-depth study on Autonomy, Kashmir and International Law. Assembling articles authored by leading scholars from both South Asia and Europe, the book will contribute to a mutual exchange of views on human and minority rights issues in South Asia. In particular, the book is aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of current developments in South Asia and, on this basis, at enhancing a constructive dialogue between representatives of the scientific community, policy-makers and civil society in Europe and their counterparts in South Asia.
Minority Rights In Development Aid Policies
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Author : Katarina Tomaševski
language : en
Publisher: Minority Rights Group
Release Date : 2000
Minority Rights In Development Aid Policies written by Katarina Tomaševski and has been published by Minority Rights Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
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Regional Minorities And Development In Asia
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Author : Huhua Cao
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
Regional Minorities And Development In Asia written by Huhua Cao and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with Political Science categories.
Asia has undergone strong economic growth since the Second World War. However, it also experiences growing economic and regional disparities brought about by this unprecedented development. This economic growth cannot be considered sustainable without taking into consideration the social development of minority populations, as well as the fundamentals of minority rights. The chapters in this book work from the premise that an environment that favours the emergence of various conditions necessary for the development of minority populations will contribute towards further economic development and prosperity, as well as the social cohesion of the entire country. Bringing together perspectives from Economics, Development and Area Studies, Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology, the contributors provide local narratives that shed light on some of the different needs, situations, and methods of problem solving. This diverse approach gives a nuanced perspective on social, economic and political inequality, and the ways in which people are constructing varied responses to the challenges of modernization. Through the comparison of the characteristics and realities of minority region development among countries in East and Southeast Asia, this book provides a better understanding of the development-related challenges faced by minority regions in the current context of modernization and globalization.
Global Minority Rights
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Author : Joshua Castellino
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-05-15
Global Minority Rights written by Joshua Castellino and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Political Science categories.
This important volume brings together a range of material in different areas of law and the social sciences that address questions concerning the rights of minorities. The discipline is arguably one of the oldest branches of public international law, and owes its heritage to those who struggled to create standards to protect the numerically inferior and non-dominant communities from the excesses of the majority. While reflecting this rich heritage, the works contained in this volume show the extent to which policy constructs (especially in law) have begun to pay heed to the need to include minorities in different domestic settings across the globe. To provide readers with a structured approach to understanding global minority rights law the editor divides the issues into six main headings, namely: Historical Development; Conceptual Development; Contemporary Challenges; Fundamental Norms of Minority Protection; Specific Rights of Minorities; Human Rights and Minority Rights.
Minority Rights Majority Rule
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Author : Sarah A. Binder
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-06-13
Minority Rights Majority Rule written by Sarah A. Binder 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 1997-06-13 with Law categories.
Minority Rights, Majority Rule seeks to explain a phenomenon evident to most observers of the US Congress. In the House of Representatives, majority parties rule and minorities are seldom able to influence national policy making. In the Senate, minorities quite often call the shots, empowered by the filibuster to frustrate the majority. Why did the two chambers develop such distinctive legislative styles? Conventional wisdom suggests that differences in the size and workload of the House and Senate led the two chambers to develop very different rules of procedure. Sarah Binder offers an alternative, partisan theory to explain the creation and suppression of minority rights, showing that contests between partisan coalitions have throughout congressional history altered the distribution of procedural rights. Most importantly, new majorities inherit procedural choices made in the past. This institutional dynamic has fuelled the power of partisan majorities in the House but stopped them in their tracks in the Senate.