Fwd: New Book: Public Participation and Minorities, by Yash Ghai
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The following new Reports are now available from Minority Rights Group
International:
Public Participation and Minorities by Yash Ghai
Minorities and indigenous peoples recognize that, as well as their
right to a distinctive group identity, they are entitled to
participation in the political, cultural, social and economic life of
the countries where they live. Many members of majority communities
also accept that the lack of such participation can have major
repercussions - economic costs, violent conflict, ruined lives. Public
Participation and Minorities clearly describes the range of devices
that can be used to provide for participation and discusses the
experiences of constitutional and political provision for minorities
and indigenous people in relation to examples including
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Fiji, India, Northern Ireland and South
Africa. While there is agreement that participation in public affairs
is central to minorities' sense of identity, to their feeling a part
of the national community and to protecting their interests, there is
less agreement on how such participation should be facilitated and
structured. Public Participation and Minorities sets out a menu of
possible approaches and modalities in the hope of furthering the cause
of intercommunity cooperation and concludes with a series of
recommendations for states and intergovernmental organizations.
Yash Ghai is Professor of Public Law at the University of Hong Kong.
He has taught, researched and published on constitutional law, law and
development, ethnicity, human rights, and sociology of law and been a
constitutional adviser to states including Papua New Guinea, Fiji,
Tanzania, Cambodia and Kenya.
Series: Minority Rights Group Reports, ISSN 0305 6252, ISBN 1 897693
885
Publication date: April 2001, A4, wirebound, 28pp, 6.70 per copy inc.
P&P
(6.95/US$11.75 outside the UK/EIRE).
For further information please contact:
Graham Fox
Marketing and Publicity Officer
Minority Rights Group International
379 Brixton Road
London
SW9 7DE
UK
Tel +44 (0)20 7978 9498 x205
Fax +44 (0)20 7738 6265
[email protected]
www.minorityrights.org
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