The European Minority Rights Regime [electronic resource] : Towards a Theory of Regime Effectiveness /
Galbreath, David J.author.
McEvoy, Joanne.author.
Evaluates the nature of the international governance of minority rights in the context of the enlargement of the European Union. This book examines the origin and development of the European Minority Rights Regime paying particular attention to the institutions, policies and actions of European organisations.
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Cover; Title; Copyrights; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 A regime theory approach; 1.2 Methodology; 1.3 Structure of the book; 1.4 The argument; Chapter 2 The Role of Regimes in Post-War Europe; 2.1 International regimes: From formation to effects; 2.2 The post-war human rights regime; 2.3 From human rights to the European minority rights regime; 2.4 Theoretical approaches to regime formation: Interests, power and knowledge; 2.5 The explanatory potential and limits of interests,  power and knowledge
2.6 European integration debates: Enlargement and conditionality2.7 Conclusions; Chapter 3 Explaining Regime Effectiveness; 3.1 Dependent variable: Regime effectiveness; 3.2 Independent variables; 3.3 Case studies; Chapter 4 The European Minority Rights Regime; 4.1 Origin of the minority rights regime; 4.2 Origins of the minority rights discourse in Europe; 4.3 Building the minority rights regime; 4.4 After enlargement; Chapter 5 The Influence of International Organizations; 5.1 The impact of European minority rights norms; 5.2 A gap between norms and reality?
5.3 Evaluating mechanisms: IO incentives and persuasion5.4 Conclusions; Chapter 6 Interorganizational Overlap and Minority Rights; 6.1 Conceptualizing overlap; 6.2 Overlap as enhanced cooperation; 6.3 Overlap as a constraint on regime effectiveness?; 6.4 Conclusions; Chapter 7 International Regimes and State Implementation; 7.1 Minorities during and after communism; 7.2 Agents of support and opposition; 7.3 Host-kin-state relations; 7.4 Limits of implementation; 7.5 Conclusions; Chapter 8 An Effective International Regime?; 8.1 European minority rights norms; 8.2 Regime mechanisms
8.3 IO overlap and regime effectiveness8.4 State implementation; 8.5 After enlargement; 8.6 Implications for international regime theory; 8.7 Remaining questions and further research; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Evaluates the nature of the international governance of minority rights in the context of the enlargement of the European Union. This book examines the origin and development of the European Minority Rights Regime paying particular attention to the institutions, policies and actions of European organisations.
European Union.
Europe-Politics and government.
Social justice.
Human rights.
International relations.
Ethnicity.
Political science.
European Union Politics.
European Politics.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
International Relations.
Ethnicity Studies.
Political Science.