States And Minorities

States And Minorities
Author: B R Ambedkar
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House Private Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789359889344

""States and Minorities"" is a comprehensive examination of the relationship between state institutions and minority groups within diverse societies. This scholarly work investigates how states interact with and govern minority populations, exploring issues of representation, rights, and social inclusion. Through rigorous analysis, the book sheds light on the various challenges and dynamics that shape the experiences of minority communities, including discrimination, marginalization, and political underrepresentation. It also examines the role of state policies, legislation, and institutions in either mitigating or exacerbating these challenges. By delving into case studies from around the world, ""States and Minorities"" offers valuable insights into the complexities of multiculturalism, pluralism, and governance in contemporary societies. This book serves as a vital resource for scholars, policymakers, and activists seeking to understand and address the diverse needs and aspirations of minority populations within the framework of modern statehood.

Minorities and the State

Minorities and the State
Author: Abhijit Dasgupta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011
Genre: Bengal (India)
ISBN: 9788132112945

This text discusses the enormity of problems faced by two numerically significant religious minority groups - Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in West Bengal, India.

Peoples Versus States

Peoples Versus States
Author: Ted Robert Gurr
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781929223022

Picking up where Minorities at Risk left off, Peoples Versus States offers an expanded and updated perspective on ethnic and nationalist conflict throughout the world, as well as efforts to manage it. Ted Gurr surveys the behavior of 275 politically active ethnic groups during the 1990s and pinpoints the factors that encourage the assertion of ethnic identities. Whereas his highly acclaimed 1993 book presented a disturbing picture of spreading ethnic violence, this volume documents a pronounced decline since the early 1990s--a decline attributable, in part at least, to many states abandoning strategies of assimilation and control in favor of policies of pluralism and accommodation. Nonetheless, Gurr identifies some ninety groups as being at significant risk of conflict and repression in the early 21st century. And he cautions that the emerging global regime of principles and strategies governing relations between communal groups and states is far from perfect or universally effective.

National Minorities in Inter-State Relations

National Minorities in Inter-State Relations
Author: Francesco Palermo
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004175989

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the issues concerning national minorities in the context of inter-State relations, by respecting the rights of persons belonging to minorities, maintaining interethnic harmony and strengthening good neighbourly relations.

The Legal Status and Perspectives of Ethnic Minorities in European States

The Legal Status and Perspectives of Ethnic Minorities in European States
Author: Magdalena Butrymowicz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2022-03-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 179364604X

The way we exist in society defines our place in its social structures and reaffirms our belonging, identity, and dignity. Europe is a continent characterized by many internal conflicts and ongoing struggles inside societies. The battlefield is society itself, where state law clashes with ethnic law over the very identity of society. Exploring debates from Scandinavia to Spain about the religious and political autonomy and freedom, this book explains that the violation of the rights of ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples, such as the Sami and Basque peoples, remains a problem in Europe. In addition to these political conflicts, Magdalena Butrymowicz analyzes the legal and religious culture within minority ethnic structures themselves. Ultimately, this book raises timely questions about the balance between state control and legal autonomy for ethnic minorities across Europe advocating for a new definition of ethnic law as the right of ethnic minorities, creating their legal and ethnic identity. The book will interest anyone exploring the dynamic between European states and the ethnic minorities that live in them.