Set in the context of an ever-expanding European Union, this book examines whether we are moving towards an integrated regional system of legal provision for minorities. It illustrates the central tension between newer member states, many of which have a keen interest in seeing minority issues addressed, and established members, which remain extremely hesitant in committing themselves fully to a minority rights regime.
With contributions from a wide range of experts, both academics and practitioners, this book analyses the issue of minority rights in Europe from historical, institutional and practical perspectives, to build a holistic picture of the development, institutionalization, and problems of legal provision for minorities. Addressing the past and present and future of the European minority rights regime, this volume is an essential companion for anyone with an interest in minority issues and/or EU expansion.
Introduction: The Outlook for the Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe; M.Weller
PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF MINORITY GOVERNANCE IN EUROPE
The Evolving Basis of European Norms of Minority Rights: Rights to Culture, Participation and Autonomy; W.Kymlicka
Collective Rights in the Context of EU Accession; H-J.Heintze
Forging Territorial Cohesion in Diversity: Are National Minorities Promoting Fourth Level Integration?; T.H.Malloy
PART II: EUROPEAN MECHANISMS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONS
A Remaining Share or a New Part? The Union's Role Vis-À-Vis Minorities after the Enlargement Decade; G.Von Toggenburg
The EU and the Management of Ethnic Conflict; S.Wolff and A.P.Rodt
The Enlargement of the EU and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities; K.Drzewicki
The Future of Minority Issues in the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; R.Hofmann
PART III: MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONS IN PRACTICE IN AN ENLARGED EU
Minority Protection in Central Europe and Accession to the EU; W.Sadurski
Enlargement and Interethnic Power-Sharing Arrangements in Central and Eastern Europe; M.Brusis
The Europeanization of Majority-Minority Relations in the Greece-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle; N.Tocci
Conclusion: The Effective Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe: Counterbalancing the Security Track; K.Nobbs
MARC WELLER is Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg, Germany. His writings focus mainly on conflict management, international law, and minority rights. He has acted as legal advisor to several governments and organizations, and has been a member of international peace processes. Dr Weller is Reader in International Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law and Hughes Hall. He is also Director of the Carnegie Project on Resolving Self-determination Disputes through Complex Power-sharing, and of the Cambridge Rockefeller Project on Restoring an International Consensus of the Rules Governing the Use of Force.
DENIKA BLACKLOCK is Programme Analyst with the United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo. She holds a degree in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Previously, she worked with the European Centre for Minority Issues and the Slovak Institute for International Studies. Her technical and academic work to date has focused on the situation of minorities in transitional and post-conflict countries, with a special interest in institutional reform.
KATHERINE NOBBS is Research Associate and Publications Coordinator at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg, Germany. She holds an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, a BA in Politics from the University of Nottingham and a Graduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law, Bloomsbury.
Description
Set in the context of an ever-expanding European Union, this book examines whether we are moving towards an integrated regional system of legal provision for minorities. It illustrates the central tension between newer member states, many of which have a keen interest in seeing minority issues addressed, and established members, which remain extremely hesitant in committing themselves fully to a minority rights regime.
With contributions from a wide range of experts, both academics and practitioners, this book analyses the issue of minority rights in Europe from historical, institutional and practical perspectives, to build a holistic picture of the development, institutionalization, and problems of legal provision for minorities. Addressing the past and present and future of the European minority rights regime, this volume is an essential companion for anyone with an interest in minority issues and/or EU expansion.
Contents
Introduction: The Outlook for the Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe; M.Weller
PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF MINORITY GOVERNANCE IN EUROPE
The Evolving Basis of European Norms of Minority Rights: Rights to Culture, Participation and Autonomy; W.Kymlicka
Collective Rights in the Context of EU Accession; H-J.Heintze
Forging Territorial Cohesion in Diversity: Are National Minorities Promoting Fourth Level Integration?; T.H.Malloy
PART II: EUROPEAN MECHANISMS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONS
A Remaining Share or a New Part? The Union's Role Vis-À-Vis Minorities after the Enlargement Decade; G.Von Toggenburg
The EU and the Management of Ethnic Conflict; S.Wolff and A.P.Rodt
The Enlargement of the EU and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities; K.Drzewicki
The Future of Minority Issues in the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; R.Hofmann
PART III: MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONS IN PRACTICE IN AN ENLARGED EU
Minority Protection in Central Europe and Accession to the EU; W.Sadurski
Enlargement and Interethnic Power-Sharing Arrangements in Central and Eastern Europe; M.Brusis
The Europeanization of Majority-Minority Relations in the Greece-Turkey-Cyprus Triangle; N.Tocci
Conclusion: The Effective Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe: Counterbalancing the Security Track; K.Nobbs
Authors
MARC WELLER is Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg, Germany. His writings focus mainly on conflict management, international law, and minority rights. He has acted as legal advisor to several governments and organizations, and has been a member of international peace processes. Dr Weller is Reader in International Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law and Hughes Hall. He is also Director of the Carnegie Project on Resolving Self-determination Disputes through Complex Power-sharing, and of the Cambridge Rockefeller Project on Restoring an International Consensus of the Rules Governing the Use of Force.
DENIKA BLACKLOCK is Programme Analyst with the United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo. She holds a degree in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Previously, she worked with the European Centre for Minority Issues and the Slovak Institute for International Studies. Her technical and academic work to date has focused on the situation of minorities in transitional and post-conflict countries, with a special interest in institutional reform.
KATHERINE NOBBS is Research Associate and Publications Coordinator at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg, Germany. She holds an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, a BA in Politics from the University of Nottingham and a Graduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law, Bloomsbury.
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