Taking ethno-cultural diversity seriously in constitutional design : a theory of minority rights for addressing Africa's multiethnic challenge / by Solomon A. Dersso
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012
The issue of minorities in Africa : describing its context and understanding its nature -- The issue of minorities in the political and constitutional discourse and practice of post-colonial Africa -- The normative bases for constitutional accommodation of ethno-cultural diversity in Africa : the three components of the minority rights framework -- Towards a multicultural constitutional framework : the institutional dimensions of the minority rights framework -- South Africa's constitutional design for the accommodation of diversity -- The case of Ethiopia's ethnic federalism -- Conclusion, findings, and final observations
Summary
Using a legal and multidisciplinary approach towards empirical and prescriptive analysis of contemporary minority rights standards, this book defends and elaborates a robust minority rights framework for articulating a constitutional design responsive to the claims of ethno-cultural groups in Africa
