Minority Rights: A Comparative Analysis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313234002)

The unprecedented mass movement of populations since World War II has increased tensions among groups of people by breaking down the homogeneity of older countries and increasing the fragility of newly independent states encompassing several minorities within their borders. These changes, according to author Jay Sigler, dictate the necessity of clarifying human and minority rights. He highlights the main points of minority rights, traces their history, and demonstrates their distinctly modern features. Sigler considers the theoretical implications of minority versus individual and collective rights and examines the efforts in this area made by the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Finally, he proposes his own provisional theory of minority rights.

Author: Jay A. Sigler
ISBN-10: 0313234000
ISBN-13: 9780313234002
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 12/02/1983
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d