Old and new minorities: Reconciling diversity and cohesion

Dr. Roberta Medda-Windischer LL.M., PhD

doi:10.5771/9783845212562

Summary

Das Buch behandelt die Frage der Integration von Minderheiten und deren Rechte vor dem Hintergrund, dass neben den traditionellen Minderheiten auch neue Minderheiten, entstanden durch Migration, berücksichtigt werden müssen.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-3476-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1256-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriftenreihe der Europäischen Akademie Bozen, Bereich »Minderheiten und Autonomien«
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 285
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 9
List of Figures and Tables No access Pages 10 - 10
Selected Abbreviations No access Pages 11 - 12
Introduction No access Pages 13 - 16
1. State Responses to the Challenge of Diversity and Cohesion No access Pages 17 - 23
2. Multiculturalism: A Critical Appraisal No access Pages 23 - 30
3. The Tree Model for Minority Integration No access Pages 30 - 34
4. 1. National Courts and International Human Rights Law No access
5. Conclusions - Human Rights and Minority Protection as Integrating Factors No access Pages 38 - 39
1. 1. Why Do We Need a Common Definition of Minorities? No access Pages 40 - 48
  2. Common Definition of Minorities: Cons and Pros No access Pages 48 - 53
2. Attempts to find a General Definition of Minorities No access Pages 53 - 55
3. 1. 1. Ethnic, Cultural, Religious or Linguistic Characteristics No access
    2. Citizenship No access
    3. Numerical Minority No access
    4. Non-dominant Position No access
  2. 1. Sense of Solidarity, Will to Survive and Self-Identification No access
4. Conclusion - Beyond the Old/New Minority Dichotomy No access Pages 62 - 67
1. National Identity and Membership of a Polity No access Pages 68 - 72
2. Is National Citizenship still relevant? No access Pages 72 - 76
3. Citizenship and Sovereignty of Nation-States No access Pages 76 - 80
4. The Challenge of Multiple Citizenship in Nation-States No access Pages 80 - 84
5. European Citizenship and Long-Term Residence No access Pages 84 - 89
6. Conclusion - Developing Membership and Complementary Identities No access Pages 89 - 92
1. Introduction No access Pages 93 - 99
2. Individual versus Collective Rights: The 'Securitisation' of Ethnic Relations No access Pages 99 - 103
3. Right to Existence and Recognition of Minority Groups No access Pages 103 - 109
4. 1. Universal System of Protection: The United Nations No access Pages 109 - 113
  2. 1. 1. Protocol No. 12 No access
  3. 1. The Racial Equality Directive and the Employment Framework Directive No access
    2. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights No access
  4. 1. Universal Standards: The United Nations No access
    2. 1. Protection of 'Integrated' Aliens No access
      2. The European Social Charter No access
      3. The European Convention on the Legal Status of Migrant Workers No access
      4. The European Convention on Establishment No access
    3. 1. The Council Directive on Family Reunification No access
      2. The Long-Term Residents Directive No access
  5. 1. Affirmative Actions No access
    2. Differences of Treatment Based on Citizenship No access
5. 1. Identity Rights and Religion No access
6. 1. 1. 1. Ministries or National Offices or Officers for Minorities No access
      2. Advisory and Consultative Bodies No access
      3. Minority Associations No access
    2. 1. Dissolution of Political Parties No access
      2. The Right to Stand for Election No access
      3. 'Guaranteed' Representation and Quotas No access
    3. Political Participation and New Minorities No access
7. Majority-Minority Relationship: Human Rights as Limits to Tolerance - The Diversity Management Decalogue No access Pages 229 - 239
8. Conclusion - Defining Common but Differentiated Protection of Minorities No access Pages 239 - 243
1. Integration as Paradigm of an Inclusive Europe No access Pages 244 - 247
2. Integration Policies as 'Fertiliser' of the Tree Model for Minority Integration No access Pages 247 - 253
3. Conclusions - The Tree Model: The Best of All Possible Integration Models? No access Pages 253 - 258
Bibliography No access Pages 259 - 285