Democracy and human rights in multicultural societies

By unanimous adoption of the Universal Declaration of Cultural Diversity, the UNESCO Member States accepted a new ethical approach to respect diversity as a guiding principle for democratic societies. While support for the Declaration remains strong, there is a general awareness that the democratic...

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Corporate Author: UNESCO (Other)
Other Authors: Koenig, Matthias (Editor) , Guchteneire, P. F. A. de (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: Aldershot [u.a.] Ashgate [u.a.] c 2007
Paris UNESCO c 2007
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Author Notes:ed. by Matthias Koenig and Paul de Guchteneire
Table of Contents:
  • Political governance of cultural diversity / Matthias Koenig, Paul de Guchteneire
  • Nationalism, ethnic conflict and democratic governance / Juan Diez-Medrano
  • Constitutional and governmental policies towards Basque nationalist extremism / Enric Martínez-Herrera
  • Conflict management in Northern Ireland / Stefan Wolff The decline of the PKK and the viability of a one-state solution in Turkey / Matthew Adam Kocher
  • Linguistic rights as an integral part of human rights
  • a legal perspective / Fernand de Varennes
  • Protecting linguistic minorities-the role of the OSCE / Sally Holt, John Packer
  • Language legislation in the Baltic states / Boriss Cilcvĭcs
  • Language rights in South Africa : an adequate level of minority protection? / Kristin Henrard
  • The impact of language policy on endangered languages / Suzanne Romaine
  • The resurgence of religious movements in the processes of globalization
  • beyond the end of history or the clash of civilizations / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
  • Modes of religious pluralism under conditions of globalization / Ole Riis
  • Prison Chaplaincy in England and Wales
  • from Anglican brokerage to a multi-faith approach / James A. Beckford
  • The challenges of religious pluralism in post-Soviet Russia / Kathy Rousselet.