Communication rights in Africa : emerging discourses and perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Communication rights in Africa : theoretical and practical Considerations / Tendai Chari and Ufuoma Akpojivi -- Part I : Cultural and minority rights -- Language-cultural barrier in Ubang community : a critical assessment of the communication rights of women and the girl-child / Chike Mgbeadichie -- Silicon savannah or digitising marginalisation? …”
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National Schism and Civil Integration : Mutual Relations between the Israeli Central Government & the Israeli Arab Palestinian Minority. by Bligh, Alexander, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…12 The Arab Associations: A Mixture of Integration and Separatism13 Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and Other NGOs; 14 Social Aspects and Employment in the Arab Sector; 15 The Arab Minority and the Issue of National/Civilian Service; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Sussex Academic Press.…”
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Ethnic minorities and regional development in Asia : reality and challenges /

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Identities, affiliations, and allegiances /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Editors introduction -- Part I Emergence and limits of national political identities -- 1 From affiliation to affinity58; citizenship in the transition from empire to the nation45;state -- I46; The Greek invasion and regime change -- II46; State and regime -- III46; The historical context -- IV46; Citizenship in empires and nation45;states -- V46; Conclusion -- 2 Transnationalizing the public sphere58; on the legitimacy and efficacy of public opinion in a postWestphalian world -- I46; Classical public45;sphere theory and its radical critique58; thematizing the Westphalian frame -- II46; The postnational constellation58; problematizing the Westphalian frame -- III46; Rethinking the public sphere58; yet again -- 3 8220;Being there8221;58; place44; territory44; and identity -- I46; Introduction58; spatiality and social identity -- II46; Space44; place44; and territory58; the reaches of theory -- III46; Territories44; frontiers44; and political identity -- IV46; In conclusion58; diaspora identity -- 4 Political boundaries in a multilevel democracy -- I46; The international state system as a background for liberal political theory -- II46; Nested and overlapping political boundaries -- III46; Cultural versus political conceptions of minority rights -- IV46; Supranational political integration in Europe -- V46; Conclusions -- Part II Multiple identities in practice58; the European example -- 5 Building European institutions58; beyond strong ties and weak commitments -- In memory of Paul Hirst -- I46; Liberal nationalism and transnational identities44; solidarities44; obligations44; and institutions -- II46; Imagining a more democratic and social European Union -- 6 Soft borders and transnational citizens -- I46; Starting points58; fluid identities44; public goods44; and multiple allegiances -- II46; A context for soft borders -- III46; A note on sovereignty and hard borders -- IV46; State functions not state borders58; networks of subnational and trans45;border polities -- V46; Extraction of resources and the provision of public goods -- VI46; Conclusion -- 7 Transnational nationalism58; redefining nation and territory -- I46; The emergence of transnationalism -- II46; Transnational nationalism and diaspora nationalisms -- III46; Non45;territoriality of nationalism -- IV46; The relation to the state -- V46; Conclusion -- Part III Decoupling citizenship from identity -- 8 Binding problems44; boundary problems58; the trouble with 8220;democratic citizenship8221; -- I46; Three dimensions of 8220;democratic citizenship8221; -- II46; Citizenship and 8220;the ideal of city life8221; -- III46; Contact among strangers58; ethical citizenship as political association -- IV46; The argument for citizen association58; two interpretations44; two critiques -- V46; 8220;Constitutional patriotism8221; and its others -- VI46; Conclusion -- 9 Immigrant political integration and ethnic civic communities in Amsterdam -- I46; Introduction -- II46; Amsterdam as a city of immigration -- III46; Composition of the immigrant ethnic minority population in Amsterdam -- IV46; Political participation of immigrants in Amsterdam -- V46; Individual determinants of political participation -- VI46; Civic community and political participation -- T$10860.…”
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Democracy with justice : essays in honour of Khayyam Zev Paltiel = La juste démocratie : mélanges en l'honneur de Khayyam Zev Paltiel.

Table of Contents: “…Individual Rights, Collective Rights, and the Canadian Constitution -- The Constitutional Dialectic and The Conundrum of Hate Legislation -- Collective Action in the Age of the Charter -- National Minorities, Rights and Signs: The Supreme Court and Language Legislation in Quebec…”
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Democratic engineering in Rwanda and Burundi / by Kagabo, Jean-Marie

Table of Contents: “…Democracy, Multiculturalism and Multi-ethnicity in Africa -- CHAPTER 1 -- Exploring the Idea of a Multicultural Society -- Clarification of concepts -- Self-determination -- Cultural differences -- The representation process -- Minority rights in Western political traditions -- The liberal tradition -- The socialist tradition -- Liberal defence of minorities -- Cultural affiliation as a condition for freedom -- Group equality as a condition for equality of citizens -- Group representation as a condition for political equality -- CHAPTER 2 -- Multi-ethnicity and Democracy in Africa -- Slow pace of democracy in Africa -- Right to Err -- Neo-patrimonial inertia in African transitional regimes -- Ethnicity as a basis for democratic pluralism -- The price of ignoring the ethnic factor -- Perspectives of ethnicity in Africa -- The instrumentalist school: Exclusion of ethnicity from politics -- The Primordialist School: Recognition of ethnic loyalty -- Pragmatic arrangements and institutional engineering -- Decentralisation and federalisation -- Power alternation -- Chambers of representatives -- Creating positions of co-vice president -- Limited terms of office -- Demarcating electoral constituencies -- Election rules and strategies -- Election sequence -- CHAPTER 3 -- Consociational Democracy and the Multi-cultural Challenge -- Two Democratic Models: Majoritarian and Consociational -- The normative character of the consociational model -- Elements of consociational democracy -- The grand coalition -- Segmental autonomy -- Proportionality -- Mutual veto -- Conditions for consociational democracy -- Balance of power -- Size of the country -- Cross-cutting divisions and transcendent loyalties -- Segmental isolation.…”
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Europe since 1914 : encyclopedia of the age of war and reconstruction /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Marshall Plan -- Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue -- Matisse, Henri -- Maurras, Charles -- Mayakovsky, Vladimir -- May 1968 -- Mendès-France, Pierre -- Mengele, Josef -- Mensheviks -- Mental Illness and Asylums -- Merleau-Ponty, Maurice -- Messiaen, Olivier -- Metaxas, Ioannis -- Michnik, Adam -- Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig -- Mihailović, Dragoljub́, -- Miloševic, Slobodan -- Miłosz, Czesław -- Mindszenty, József -- Minority Rights -- Miró, Joan -- Mitterrand, François -- Mladić, Ratko -- Mnouchkine, Ariane -- Modernism Moholy-Nagy, László -- Molotov-Von Ribbentrop PactMondrian, Piet -- Monnet, Jean -- Montenegro -- Moro, Aldo -- Morocco -- Moscow -- Moulin, Jean -- Müller, Heiner -- Munich Agreement -- Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm -- Musil, Robert -- Mussolini, Benito -- Myrdal, Gunnar.…”
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John Wayne and Ideology. by Van Meter, Larry A.

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Legacies of the left turn in Latin America : the promise of inclusive citizenship /

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Children of Rusʹ : right-bank Ukraine and the invention of a Russian nation / by Hillis, Faith

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State responses to minority religions /

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The impact of the ECHR on democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe : judicial perspectives /

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