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World directory of minorities /edited by Minority Rights Group ; preface by Alan Phillips ; contributors, Bridget Anderson ... [and others.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Minority Rights Group International, (c)1997.Description: xvi, 840 pages : maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781873194362
LOC classification:
  • GN495 .W675 1997
  • GN495
Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Contents:
Alan Phillips -- Introduction to the Directory/ Miles Litvinoff -- 1. North America/ Alex Roslin and Carl Wilson -- 2. Central and South America and the Caribbean/ Patrick Costello, Lindsey Crickmay and James Ferguson -- 3. Western Europe/ Bridget Anderson -- 4. Central and Eastern Europe/ Martyn Rady and Bogdan Szajkowski -- 5. The Commonwealth of Independent States/ Anna Matveeva, Neil Melvin and Suzanne Pattle -- 6. The Middle East/ David McDowall -- 7. North, West and the Horn of Africa/ Julia Maxted and Abebe Zegeye -- 8. Central and Southern Africa/ Chris Dammers and David Sogge -- 9. South Asia/ Javaid Rehman and Nikhil Roy -- 10. East and South-East Asia/ James Chin, David Hawk and Peter O'Neill -- 11. Oceania/ John Connell -- Contemporary Legal Standards on Minority Rights/ Patrick Thornberry -- Appendix. Basic Documents on Minorities and Indigenous Peoples/ Edited by Patrick Thornberry.
Subject: The World Directory of Minorities is an authoritative, concise and up-to-date reference book on the contemporary situation of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities worldwide. Covering more than 200 states and dependent territories, and over 700 minority groups, this region-by-region and country-by-country study provides a coherent and wide-ranging introduction to international, regional and local minority rights issues, complete with key bibliographical references and listings of organizations active in the field.
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"Second edition"--P. [xiv.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface/ Alan Phillips -- Introduction to the Directory/ Miles Litvinoff -- 1. North America/ Alex Roslin and Carl Wilson -- 2. Central and South America and the Caribbean/ Patrick Costello, Lindsey Crickmay and James Ferguson -- 3. Western Europe/ Bridget Anderson -- 4. Central and Eastern Europe/ Martyn Rady and Bogdan Szajkowski -- 5. The Commonwealth of Independent States/ Anna Matveeva, Neil Melvin and Suzanne Pattle -- 6. The Middle East/ David McDowall -- 7. North, West and the Horn of Africa/ Julia Maxted and Abebe Zegeye -- 8. Central and Southern Africa/ Chris Dammers and David Sogge -- 9. South Asia/ Javaid Rehman and Nikhil Roy -- 10. East and South-East Asia/ James Chin, David Hawk and Peter O'Neill -- 11. Oceania/ John Connell -- Contemporary Legal Standards on Minority Rights/ Patrick Thornberry -- Appendix. Basic Documents on Minorities and Indigenous Peoples/ Edited by Patrick Thornberry.

The World Directory of Minorities is an authoritative, concise and up-to-date reference book on the contemporary situation of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities worldwide. Covering more than 200 states and dependent territories, and over 700 minority groups, this region-by-region and country-by-country study provides a coherent and wide-ranging introduction to international, regional and local minority rights issues, complete with key bibliographical references and listings of organizations active in the field.

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