Minorities, Minority Rights and Internal Self-Determination

• Main Author: Barten, Ulrike (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Law.; International relations.; Human rights.; Human Rights.; International Relations.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Introduction
• The international relations framework
• Classic sources on minority rights and self-determination
• Non-state actors and non-binding instruments
• Legitimacy and justice
• Legitimacy and justice of non-binding instruments
• Part II: Minority rights
• Minority, people, nation
• Understanding self-determination
• Part III: Minority rights and internal self-determination
• Putting together the pieces
• Part IV: Conclusion
• Summary.