Institutional Development in Divided SocietiesBertus De Villiers, Frank Delmartino, André Alen HSRC Press, 1998 - 396 páginas Since the mid-1980s the world has witnessed a democratization tide sweeping across Africa, Europe, Asia and South America. This book details the effects of such change for people and institutions alike within these countries |
Términos y frases comunes
administrative Alen apartheid Article autonomy Belgian Belgian Constitutional Belgium bicameral bill of rights Brian Hocking Brussels Brussels-Capital region Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde Cachalia central government co-ordination communities and regions competence consociational Constitutional Court Council countries cultural customary law democracy democratic Dimension of Politics divided societies Duchacek effect elected electoral system equality ethnic group European executive factors Flanders Flemish Brabant Flemish government Flemish region Foreign Affairs foreign policy foreign relations freedom French-speaking functions GOMs guarantee House human rights implementation important individual institutions interests interim constitution language legislative linguistic groups matters Ministers minority protection multiparty municipalities Nigeria number of parties organizations parliament party system Perforated sovereignties population principle problems procedure proportional proportional representation provinces reform regional policy relevant representation representatives role Rynck second chamber Senate SNGs social South Africa Special Majority structures subnational Territorial Dimension Theunis Thornberry traditional treaty votes Wallonia Walloon Walloon region
Pasajes populares
Página 105 - In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.
Página 301 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Página 57 - ... there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and THOMAS HOBBES which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor,...
Página 102 - a group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a state, in a non-dominant position, whose members - being nationals of the state - possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those of the rest of the population and show, if only implicitly, a sense of solidarity, directed towards preserving their culture, traditions, religion or language".
Página 104 - It is essential to recognize the right of members of national minorities to carry on their own educational activities, including the maintenance of schools and, depending on the educational policy of each State, the use or the teaching of their own language...
Página 369 - Department or the officers thereof, includes the power to enact such legislation as is appropriate to give efficacy to any stipulations which it is competent for the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to insert in a treaty with a foreign power.
Página 69 - This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as we feel it is, or, as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
Página 215 - The National Council of Provinces represents the provinces to ensure that provincial interests are taken into account in the national sphere of government. It does this mainly by participating in the national legislative process and by providing a national forum for public consideration of issues affecting the provinces.
Página 141 - CSCE documents relating to the human dimension, in particular the document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE...
Página 81 - Give all the power to the many and they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few and they will oppress the many. Both ought, therefore, to have the power, that each may defend itself against the other.