Managing Babel
Subtitle: the international legal protection of minorities in the twentieth century
By: Li-ann Thio.
Series: International studies in human rights -- v. 81
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Minorities -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Human rights.
Description: "This book is a comprehensive, modern study of the important field of international protection of minority rights, focusing on 20th century developments. Minority rights regimes, which address the issue of group identity and autonomy, have essentially been a stabilising force, buttressing state survivability in the face of claims to self-determination or secession. These serve to promote the peaceful co-existence of distinct ethno-cultural groups, captured by the metaphor of 'Babel', within existing states."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.