* Offer a concise introduction to this controversial and growing area of study and debate. * Explores the ways in which minorities are constructed through religion, race, language and ethnicity. * Draws on a range of contemporary examples from across the world. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434. . 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Minority Rights: Between Diversity and Community
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0745623956
ISBN 13: 9780745623955
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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.

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Jennifer Jackson-Preece is Lecturer in Nationalism in Europe at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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