Ethnic identity and minority protection
Subtitle: from designation to brutalization
By: Thomas W. Simon
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739149805; 9780739149829
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights; Political aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace; Conflict management; Ethnic relations; Minorities; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; Legal status, laws
Description: "In Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection: From Designation to Brutalization, Thomas W. Simon examines a new framework for considering ethnic conflicts. In contrast to the more traditional theories of justice, Simon's theory of injustice shifts focus away from group identity toward group harms, effectively making many problems, such as how to define minorities in international law, dramatically more manageable"--

"In Ethnic Identity and Minority Protection: From Designation to Brutalization, Thomas W. Simon examines a new framework for considering ethnic conflicts. In contrast to the more traditional theories of justice, Simon's theory of injustice shifts focus away from group identity toward group harms, effectively making many problems, such as how to define minorities in international law, dramatically more manageable"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface; title: Part I : Stories of Designation; title: Chapter One : Balkan Tales; title: Part II : A Theory of Injustice; title: Chapter Two : Injustice Trumps Justice; title: Part III : Group Types; title: Chapter Three : The Problems of Race; title: Chapter Four : Ethnicity, An Outsider's View; title: Chapter Five : Minorities Defined; title: Chapter Six : Citizenship as a Weapon; title: Part Four : Institutions and Solutions; title: Chapter Seven : The Judiciary versus the Legislature; title: Chapter Eight : The United Nations on Minorities; title: Chapter Nine : Remedial Secession; title: Part Five : Case Studies; title: Chapter Ten : Malays in Malaysia, South Africa, and the Philippines; title: Part Six : Stories of Brutalization; title: Chapter Eleven : Hate Debates; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author.