Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design : a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge

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    • Dersso, Solomon A.

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Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design : a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge

by Solomon A. Dersso

（Studies in international minority and group rights, 4）

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012

  • : hbk. : alk. paper
  • hbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index

収録内容

  • Introduction
  • The issue of minorities in Africa : describing its context and understanding its nature
  • The issue of minorities in the political and constitutional discourse and practice of post-colonial Africa
  • The normative bases for constitutional accommodation of ethno-cultural diversity in Africa : the three components of the minority rights framework
  • Towards a multicultural constitutional framework : the institutional dimensions of the minority rights framework
  • South Africa's constitutional design for the accommodation of diversity
  • The case of Ethiopia's ethnic federalism
  • Conclusion, findings, and final observations

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Despite decades of nation-building exercise, ethnic-based claims for substantive equality, justice and equitable political inclusion and socio-economic order continue to result in communal rivalries. These are claims that define and represent the issue of minorities in Africa, of which these conflicts are manifestations. Although ethnic conflicts in Africa have been a subject of a large number of studies, the potential and role of norms on minority rights to address claims that ethno-cultural groups raise has not received the attention it deserves. Based on materials from normative political theory and international human rights law and using an empirical and prescriptive analysis, this book defends a robust system of minority rights built around culture, equality and self-determination. This is employed to elaborate an adequate constitutional design providing policy frameworks (multilingual language policy, recognition and affirmation of cultural diversity,), structures (that ensure just representation and participation of members of all groups) and norms (that guarantee substantive equality and the rights to language, religion and culture). The study then proffers two cases studies (South Africa and Ethiopia) to ascertain how such constitutional design might be translated into actual policy frameworks, institutions and norms.

目次

  • Acknowledgement
  • Chapter I - Introduction 1.1. Background and Objectives of the Study
  • 1.2. The Concept of Minorities
  • 1.3. The Framework of Minority Rights Defended in this Study
  • 1.4. The Implications of a Minority Rights Framework for Democratisation in Africa
  • 1.5. Methodology of the Study
  • 1.6. Outline of Chapters
  • Chapter II - The Issue of Minorities in Africa: Describing its Context and Understanding its Nature 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The Nature and Genesis of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Africa
  • 2.3. Various Categories of Minorities and the Nature of their Claims
  • 2.4. Conclusion
  • Chapter III - The Issue of Minorities in the Political and Constitutional Discourse and Practice of Post-colonial Africa 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The Imperative of Nation-Building
  • 3.3. The Influence of the Dominant Constitutional Paradigm of the Nation-State
  • 3.4. The 'Second African Independence' and the Neglect of the Issue of Minorities
  • 3.5. Conclusion
  • Chapter IV - The Normative Bases for Constitutional Accommodation of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Africa: The Three Components of the Minority Rights Framework 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Cultural Identity
  • 4.3. Equality
  • 4.4. Self-Determination
  • 4.5. Conclusion Chapter V - Towards a Multicultural Constitutional Framework: The Institutional Dimensions of the Minority Rights Framework 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Self-Government and/or Territorial Autonomy
  • 5.3. Institutionalising Effective Representation and Participation of Minorities
  • 5.4. Language and Cultural Policies, and Guarantees for Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights
  • 5.5. Socio-economic Guarantees, Including Positive Measures
  • 5.6. The Nature and Limits of Minority Rights and the Principles Regulating Them
  • 5.7. Conclusion Chapter VI - South Africa's Constitutional Design for the Accommodation of Diversity 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. The Context: The Nature of Minority Issues in South Africa
  • 6.3. Indirect Accommodation in the Political Processes and the Structures of the State
  • 6.4. Language Policy and the Accommodation of Linguistic Diversity
  • 6.5. Rights of Religious and Cultural Communities
  • 6.6. The CRCRLC
  • 6.7. Equality beyond Recognition of Difference: Socio-Economic Guarantees, including Positive Measures
  • 6.8. Conclusion Chapter VII - The Case of Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Federalism as the Only Viable Option
  • 7.3. Representation and Participation
  • 7.4. Language and Culture
  • 7.5. Equality Beyond Recognition of Difference: Socio-economic Guarantees, Including Positive Measures
  • 7.6. Assessment of the Constitutional Design
  • 7.7. Conclusion
  • Chapter VIII - Conclusion, Findings and Final Observations 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. The Core Arguments and Findings of the Study
  • 8.3. Overall Conclusions and Final Observations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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