Constitutional Law and Diversity

The Impact on Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Identities
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-26556-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Comparative Constitutional Change

This book investigates the use of constitutions in managing ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity. Many countries have diversities based on ethnicity, culture or religion. In some instances, these diversities cause conflicts. Typically, these conflicts arise when the underlying diversities are made politically salient, as when ethnic, religious and linguistic identities are used to achieve a political end. Recognising this, constitutions are often used as a means of managing conflict. The book analyses and assesses the specific techniques used by constitution makers to achieve this management of diversity and the conflicts that can be associated with it. Using this analytical framework, the book assesses the constitutions of three countries that have adopted significantly different approaches to managing diversity: Ethiopia, Nigeria and India.

The work will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the fields of Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Comparative Politics and Federalism.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gebreyesus, Terefe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction  Part I Theoretical Foundations  Chapter Two: Understanding Ethnic, Racial, Religious and Linguistic Identities  Chapter Three: Integration and Accommodation in Constitutions: A New Theoretical Perspective  Part II Case Studies  Chapter Four: Integrative and Accomodative Mechanisms in the Indian Constitution  Chapter Five: Integrative and Accommodative Mechanisms in the Nigerian Constitution  Chapter Six: Integrative and Accommodative Mechanisms in the Ethiopian Constitution  Part III Comparative Analysis and Conclusion  Chapter Seven: Comparative Analysis  Chapter Eight: Comparative Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Terefe Gebreyesus, Lecturer in Law, Griffith University, Australia