The Political Rights of National Minorities: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
The Political Rights of National Minorities: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
This chapter places the issue of minority rights in the wider legal and theoretical context of rights and classifies them as political rights. Drawing on the experience of Central and Eastern Europe, it then analyses the politics involved regarding the rights of national minorities. Constitutionally enshrined rights are both a traditional safeguard against the arbitrary use of power and the foundation for participation in a polity. Rights that are enforceable reflect the values on which a political system is founded. The notion of rights has become more elaborate and differentiated over time. In T. H. Marshall's classic study ‘Citizenship and Social Class’, social rights were not necessarily tied to citizenship, a political and economic reality that still holds today.
Keywords: minority rights, political rights, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, T. H. Marshall, social rights, politics, citizenship, national minorities
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