Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Human Rights : Challenges and Critiques.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (389 pages)
- International Studies in Human Rights Series ; v.122 .
- International Studies in Human Rights Series .
Intro -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity andHuman Rights -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Unpacking of Ethno-Cultural Diversity -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Collective Interests -- Collective and Group-Specific: Can the Rights of Ethno-Cultural Minorities be Human Rights? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Collective Human Rights -- 2.1 Indigenous Peoples and Collective Rights -- 2.2 Both Human and Collective -- 2.3 Ethno-Cultural Minorities and Collective Rights -- 2.4 Collective Human Rights - A Threat to Individual Human Rights? -- 3 Group-Specific Human Rights -- 3.1 Indigenous Peoples and Group-Specific Rights -- 3.2 Ethno-Cultural Minorities and Group-Specific Rights -- 3.3 Making Sense of Group-Specific Human Rights -- 3.3.1 The Primacy of Human Status -- 3.3.2 Both Group-Specific and Human -- 3.3.3 Group-Specific Human Rights - Apparent Rather Than Real? -- 4 Conclusion -- Why Majority Rights Matter in the Context of Ethno-Cultural Diversity: The Interlinkage of Minority Rights, Indigenous Rights, and Majority Rights -- 1 Introduction: The Interlinkage of Minority and Majority Rights -- 2 Locking Groups into Disadvantage and Victimhood -- 3 Geographically Concentrated Minorities -- 4 Indigenous Governments and the Challenges of Theoretical Approaches Based on Lack of Power -- 5 Analysis of Group Rights Claims in Terms of Collective Interests -- 6 Reconciling Majority and Minority Rights -- 7 Policy Implications -- 8 Conclusions -- The Liberal Democratic Deficit in Minority Representation: The Case of Spain -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Minority Representation as an Issue for Human Rights -- 3 Why Liberal Democracies are Averse to Recognising Stateless Nations in their Midst? -- 4 From Nation States to Plurinational States -- 4.1 Demoicracy -- 4.2 National Cultural Autonomy -- 5 The Case of Spain. 5.1 Territorial Organisation in Spain -- 5.2 Dealing with Catalan Demands of Self-determination -- 5.3 A Plurinational Model of Democracy for Spain -- 6 Conclusions -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity and the International Legal System -- Do Human Rights Have Anything to Say about Group Autonomy? -- 1 Introduction: Bridging Self-Determination, Autonomy, and Human Rights -- 2 Disaggregating the Debate: A Closer Look at the Faces of Group Autonomy in International Law -- 2.1 Autonomy as a Platform for Articulating Claims -- 2.2 A Story within a Story: Autonomy as a Narrow Legal Entitlement -- 2.3 Autonomy as a 'Living' Human Rights Practice -- 2.4 Autonomy across the Board: Cross-Cutting Dimensions -- 2.4.1 Autonomy as Control over Decision-Making -- 2.4.2 Does Autonomy Need a 'People'? -- 2.5 Existing Autonomy and Human Rights: A Two-Pronged Tale -- 3 Autonomy within the International Legal System: Contingent, Not Inherent -- 3.1 Autonomy and the Ambivalences of International Law Discourse -- 3.2 The Contingency of Autonomy and the Shaping of Sovereignty -- 4 Conclusions: Group Autonomy between the Interstices and Structure of International Law -- International Law, Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Indigenous Peoples' Rights: A Postcolonial Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Legal Scholars and Natural Law -- 3 The Peace of Westphalia and Beyond -- 4 Contemporary International Law: a New Approach to Indigenous Peoples -- 4.1 The League of Nations and the International LabourOrganization (ILO) -- 4.2 The United Nations -- 4.3 The UNDRIP -- 4.4 Increasing Participation of Indigenous Peoples -- 5 Conclusions -- Indigenous Peoples and Intergenerational Equity as an Emerging Aspect of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in International Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Concept of Intergenerational Equity. 3 Intergenerational Equity, Protection of the Environment and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Ethno-cultural Diversity and Indigenous Peoples -- 3.3 Whaling and the Ethno-cultural Diversity of Indigenous Peoples -- 3.4 Aboriginal Whaling and Intergenerational Equity -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Intersectionality -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Human Rights in an Era of Mass Migration: Human Rights Issues in the Balance between Separate Provision and Integration for Settled Immigrant Communities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Some Facts and Figures -- 3 Differential Responses -- 4 The Development of State Integration Programmes -- 5 Human Rights Requirements and Standards -- 6 Permissible Positive Action -- 7 Some Key Areas of Concern -- 7.1 National and Non-National Minorities -- 7.2 Generational Issues -- 7.3 Employment -- 7.4 Social Services and Policing -- 7.5 Housing -- 7.6 Education -- 7.7 Language -- 7.8 Cultural Accommodation -- 7.9 Participation in Government -- 8 Conclusions -- Minorities-within-Minorities Frameworks, Intersectionality and Human Rights: Overlapping Concerns or Ships Passing in the Night? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Framing Problems and Interests in 'Minorities within Minorities' Debates -- 2.1 Early Warnings amidst Discussions of Liberal Multiculturalism -- 2.2 Assuming the Paradox of Multicultural Vulnerability -- 2.3 New Perspectives on 'Minorities within Minorities': Collective Dimensions -- 3 Paradoxes and Dilemmas in the Minorities-within-Minorities Frameworks -- 3.1 Minorities-within-Minorities Frameworks as Dilemmatic -- 3.2 Limitations for Analysing Collective Dimensions -- 4 Intersectionality: Potential Contributions to the Debate -- 4.1 Minorities within Minorities, Multiple Discrimination and Intersectionality. 4.2 Intersectional Perspectives on Minorities-within-Minorities Cases -- 5 Conclusions -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity, Conflict, and Peacebuilding -- Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Conflict: What Contribution Can Group Rights Make? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State-building and the Recognition of Ethno-Cultural Diversity -- 3 Do Group Rights Promote or Undermine State Stability? A Debate that Continues to this Day -- 4 Assimilation vs. Identity Promotion -- 5 An Overview of the Evidence -- 6 How Many of the World's Conflicts are Driven by Factors Relating to Minority/ Indigenous Identity? -- 7 Conclusions -- The Post-Conflict Security Dilemma and the Incorporation of Ethno-Cultural Diversity -- 1 Introduction: The Ambiguous Place of Ethno-Cultural Protections in Peace Agreements -- 2 The Preventative Nature of Minority Rights -- 3 The Security Dilemma -- 4 Problems of Implementation -- 5 Power-Sharing and Autonomy -- 5.1 Autonomy -- 5.2 Political Power-Sharing -- 6 Conclusion -- General Index.
Drawing from diverse scholarship in international law, legal and moral philosophy, and political science, Ethno-Cultural Diversity and Human Rights brings prominent experts together to address contested dimensions of the role of ethno-cultural groups in human rights discourse.