Description
Book SynopsisThis volume assesses Non-Territorial Autonomy (NTA) in terms of its practical capacity to support the linguistic, cultural, and educational rights of national minority groups across Europe. The fact that 2023 marks the 25
th anniversary of the coming into force of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on National Minorities (FCNM) and European Charter for Regional and Minority languages (ECRML) makes this book especially timely and relevant. Its numerous detailed empirical studies, one of which uses FCNM reporting as a benchmark, give a picture of the extent (or otherwise) to which international minority rights standards are actually being realized through various NTA arrangements. In keeping with the principles laid out in these foundational documents, the contributions to this volume acknowledge that when it comes to the effective delivery of linguistic, cultural and educational rights, NTA is best regarded not as an alternative but as a
complement to territorially based arrangements.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
David J. Smith, Ivan Dodovski and Flavia Ghencea
The Role of Law and Non-Territorial Autonomy Arrangements in the Implementation of Linguistic Rights: A Comparative Perspective
Vladimir Đurić and Vasilije Marković
‘Living the Same Full Life’? A Critical Assessment of Non-Territorial Autonomy Practice in the Vojvodina and Sápmi Contexts
David J. Smith
The Dilemma of Responsibility: The Role of Kin-States and Nation-States in Implementing Non-Territorial Autonomy Models to Realise Minorities’ Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights
Martin Klatt
The Evanescence of Autonomy for Minority Groups: The Hungarian Minority in Romania and the Complex Nexus of Dependence
Andreea Udrea
Illiberal Forms of Non-Territorial Autonomy: The Sudeten German Party Case
Oskar Mulej
The Implications of Administrative Decentralisation on the Development of Non-Territorial Autonomy Practices: The Case of Romania
Valentina Cornea, Mirela Paula Costache and Andreea Elena Matic
Linguistic Rights in Greece: Crossing Through Territorial and Non-Territorial Arrangements
Konstantinos Tsitselikis
Critical Analysis of the Linguistic Rights Strategies of the Hungarian National Minority Council in Serbia
Katinka Beretka
Non-Territorial Autonomy and Minority Rights: Impact of the Self-Governing National Communities on Minority Protection in Slovenia
Ljubica Djordjević
Cultural Autonomy, Safe Haven or Window-Dressing? Institutions Maintained by Minority Self-Governments in Hungary
Balázs Dobos
Can Non-Territorial Autonomy Help to Enforce the Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights of the Roma?
Natalija Shikova and Immaculada Colomina Limonero
