TY - BOOK ID - 77920905 TI - Protection of minorities : regimes, norms and issues in South Asia AU - Khan, Borhan Uddin. AU - Rahman, Muhammad Mahbubur. PY - 2012 SN - 144384571X 9781443845717 1443839922 9781443839921 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Minorities KW - Ethnic minorities KW - Foreign population KW - Minority groups KW - Persons KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Discrimination KW - Ethnic relations KW - Majorities KW - Plebiscite KW - Race relations KW - Segregation KW - South Asia KW - Asia, South KW - Asia, Southern KW - Indian Sub-continent KW - Indian Subcontinent KW - Southern Asia KW - Orient KW - Ethnic relations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77920905 AB - We live in a world that not only sets standards for, but also professes its commitment to promoting and protecting 'rights'. Since ours is an age of heightened public interest in auditing the actual realisation of such standards and commitment, the first major focus of this book is a critical account of international standards aimed at the protection of minorities. To that end, it concentrates on four key dimensions. Firstly, it addresses the issue of the identification of minorities as under... ER -