Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies

Published in association with UNESCO Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies examines the political governance of cultural diversity specifically how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements language groups religious minorities indigenous peoples and migrant communities. Its principle aim is to understand explain and assess public-policy responses to ethnic linguistic and religious diversity. Adopting interdisciplinary perspectives of comparative social sciences the contributors address the conditions forms and consequences of democratic and human-rights-based governance of multi-ethnic multi-lingual and multi-faith societies.