The interest in minority protection emerged during the period of
democratic transition, particularly of ethnically segmented
postcommunist societies after the end of the Cold War. Minority
issues became prominent as postcommunist states lined up as
potential candidates for EU membership as respect for and
protection of minority rights was an essential part of the criteria
these states had to fulfil before EU accession. Minority rights
protection has constituted an important gatekeeping criterion for
EU membership. Its monitoring remains a powerful instrument to
mediate tensions and to adjudicate discriminations in the
present-day Europe. In many countries, minority rights standards
have been transposed in domestic legislation, but whether these
norms constitute a legitimate background which states accept,
sustain and promote is the focus of this book.
This volume takes on the task of analysing the diffusion of
minority rights norms across the European continent. It looks
specifically at the oft-neglected process of compliance meaning not
only the formal adoption of European laws but also their
implementation within the domestic context. The contributions
analyse the political rhetoric, legal transposition and behavioural
compliance in a range of European states, East and West, to assess
compliance to norms of minority protection.
This book was published as a special issue of "Perspectives on
European Politics and Society.""
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