Minority Rights and Minority Protection in Europe (Hardcover)

In order to gain access to the EU, nations must be seen to implement formal instruments that protect the rights of minorities. This book examines the ways in which these tools have worked in a number of post-communist states, and explores the interaction of domestic and international structures that determine the application of these policies. Using empirical examples and comparative cases, the text explores three levels of policy-making: within sub-state and national politics, and within international agreements, laws and policy blueprints. This enables the authors to establish how domestic policymakers negotiate various structural factors in order to interpret rights norms and implement them long enough to gain EU accession. Showing that it is necessary to focus upon the states of post-communist Europe as autonomous actors, and not as mere recipients of directives and initiatives from 'the West', the book shows how underlying structural conditions allow domestic policy actors to talk the talk of rights protection without walking the walk of implementing minority rights legislation on their territories.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2016
Authors:	Timofey Agarin • Karl Cordell
Dimensions:	239 x 157 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-78348-190-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	1-78348-190-0
Barcode:	9781783481903

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