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Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Ulrike Barten

    1. Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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  • Applies the theory of fairness and justice to concrete legal provisions
  • Goes beyond the usual accounts of minority rights and self-determination and their lack of connection; the book offers a way out of the deadlock minorities and states find themselves in regarding self-determination
  • Setting the legal analysis in a political-science context makes the book valuable reading for both lawyers and political scientists

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 3-14

    3. The International Relations Framework

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 15-25

    4. Classic Sources on Minority Rights and Self-Determination

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 27-47

    5. Non-State Actors and Non-Binding Instruments

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 49-88

    6. Legitimacy and Justice

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 89-113

    7. Legitimacy and Justice of Non-Binding Instruments

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 115-134

  3. Key Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Minority Rights

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 137-160

    3. Minority, People, Nation

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 161-184

    4. Understanding Self-Determination

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 185-219

  4. The Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 223-266

    3. Putting Together the Pieces

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 267-277

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Conclusion

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 281-285

    3. Summary

      • Ulrike Barten
      Pages 287-292

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 293-295
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Keywords

About this book

The book questions the classic idea of self-determination – the right to self-determination is a right of peoples, not of minorities – by examining the content of the right to self-determination and the content of minority rights. Self-determination has four dimensions: the political, the economic, the social and the cultural dimensions. Minorities have minority rights that touch on most aspects of life as a member of a minority. If there is an overlap between minority rights and the different dimensions of self-determination, the concept that the right to self-determination is only applicable to peoples loses credibility. No global and general conclusion is envisaged; there are restrictions in place. The work is limited to the European framework and is further restricted to classic minorities. The argument is based on a legitimacy and justice approach. The analysis in this book shows that some minority rights overlap with the different dimensions of internal self-determination. In short, classic minorities in Europe have a right to internal self-determination.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Ulrike Barten

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination

  • Authors: Ulrike Barten

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08876-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08875-4Published: 07 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35580-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08876-1Published: 23 September 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 295

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Rights, International Relations

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