Minority Rights: Between Diversity and CommunityISBN: 978-0-7456-2396-2
Paperback
196 pages
December 2005, Polity
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The question of minority rights is one of the great dilemmas of
contemporary politics. Increases in the flow of immigrants,
migrants and refugees have raised public concerns that greater
cultural and ethnic diversity creates instability within
nation-states. But does stability really require homogeneity? Or
can it be maintained in the presence of different minority groups?
In this path-breaking book, Jackson Preece analyses whether
traditional minority rights theory is sufficiently dynamic to
inform effective responses to modern challenges. The central
premise behind minority rights is that groups recognized and
supported by the political community are far less likely to
challenge its authority or threaten its territorial integrity.
However, as Jackson Preece shows, the potential for collisions of
values and interests still exists, and the possibility of a
permanent solution to the problem of diversity remains
illusive.
Minority Rights will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of political science, international relations, law, and sociology.