World directory of minorities /edited by Minority Rights Group ; preface by Alan Phillips ; contributors, Bridget Anderson ... [and others. - London : Minority Rights Group International, (c)1997. - xvi, 840 pages : maps ; 26 cm.

"Second edition"--P. [xiv.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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



9781873194362

97210587

GB98-11000

GN495 / .W675 1997 GN495