Minorities, a question of human rights? /

We all belong to minorities - through our race perhaps, or our religion, or our views. But the world can look very bleak to those groups who are the victims of intolerant majorities. The Minority Rights Group (MRG) is an international human rights charity working to investigate and publicise the pos...

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Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Whitaker, Ben, 1934-2014
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, ©1984.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Minority Rights Group. Minority Rights Group Marginality, Social. Minorities. Civil rights. Human rights. Refugees. Human Rights Refugees Minority Groups Civil Rights Minorités. Droits de l'homme. Réfugiés. Marginalité. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) refugees. minorities. civil rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. Civil rights Human rights Marginality, Social Minorities Aufsatzsammlung Menschenrecht Minderheitenrecht Nationale Minderheit Völkerrecht Minderheden. Mensenrechten. Social minorities > Civil rights Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The Minority Rights Group : what's in a name? / Roland Oliver
The integration of minorities / Sir Edmund Leach
The roots of prejudice / Marie Jahoda
Oppression as a cause for international violence / Seán MacBride
The value of minorities / Lord Grimond
Minority rights in a plural society / Lord Scarman
Intervention to protect minorities / James Fawcett
Minority rights and minority rule / Ralf Dahrendorf
Prejudice and unemployment / Shirley Williams
Human rights today : must the few be more than the many? / Sir Shridath Ramphal
human rights and mass exodus : developing an international conscience / Sadruddin Aga Khan.