Minority Rights in the 'New' Europe

'This well-researched book sets out the present state of play within Europe, defining its boundaries as political rather than regional. [...] A thought-provoking analysis of new religious movements (or cults), their challenge to different states' legislation - up to and including European Court judgments - makes for a particularly interesting section within this edition.'
Helsinki Monitor, 10:2 (1999).
'[T]he accounts contained here comprise positivist discussions by academics and practitioners in the field and as such they exemplify the increasingly hands-on attempts being made within the European legal order and the municipal systems of individual states to protect groups as right-bearers.'
SCOLAG Legal Journal, December 2000.
'The potential reader will find these essays a very good update on the subject at its current juncture in international law and politics.'
Immigrants and Minorities, 2000.

Foreword; M. van der Stoel.
Introduction.
Introduction: In the Strongroom of Vocabulary; P. Thornberry.
Minority Rights in the `New' Europe: An Introduction; S. Wheatley, P. Cumper.
The Institutional Response of the `New' Europe. Minority Protection and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; M.A.M. Estébanez.
Minority Rights Under the Council of Europe; G. Gilbert.
Monitoring Minority Rights under the Council of Europe's Framework Convention; G. Oberleitner.
The European Union and Minority Nations; A. Biscoe.
Bilateralism versus Regionalism in the Resolution of Minorities Problems in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Post-Soviet States; I. Pogany.
The Content of Rights in the `New' Europe. The Northern Ireland Constitution Act: Lessons for Minority Rights; B. Hadfield.
Preferential Treatment and the Rights to Equal Consideration; J. Edwards.
The Rights of Religious Minorities: The Legal Regulation of New Religious Movements; P. Cumper.
The International Status of Cultural Rights for National Minorities; W. Mannens.
The Challenges of State Building in the `New' Europe. Minority Rights, Power Sharing and the Modern Democratic State; S. Wheatley.
The Concept of Autonomy and Minority Rights in Europe; J. Rehman.
New Nations and National Minorities: Ukraine and the Question of Citizenship; W. Bowring.
The Rights of National Minorities in Ukraine; M. Antonovych.
Conflict Resolution and National Minorities. The Dayton Peace Accords: Lessons from the Past and for the Future; J. Mertus.
International Legal Order and Minority/Government Conflict; N. Basic, et al.
Minorities Rights and Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland; C. Bell.
Contributors.
Selected Documents on Minority Rights.