Minority Recognition and the Diversity Deficit

ForewordMarie-Claire Foblets Preface Felipe González Morales 1. Introductory Remarks: Minority Recognition and its Transformative Potential – Critically Engaging with the Diversity Deficit Jessika Eichler (Sciences Po Paris, France) and Kyriaki Topidi (European Centre for Minority Issues, Germany) Part I Theorising Recognition: (De)constructing Minorities in the Law and Elsewhere 2. Making Social Groups Visible to and in Law – Essentialisation and Law’s Generality Miodrag Jovanovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia) 3. Politicising Differences, Fighting Inequalities: Quilombolas in Brazil Sergio Costa (Free University of Berlin, Germany) 4. Collectivising Human Rights or Scales of Collectivisation: Andean Constitutionalism and other Juridical Points of Departure Jessika Eichler (Sciences Po, France) Part II Pluralism from the Top and Below: The Multiplicity of Paradigms of Recognition 5. Why Do the Old-Established Nation States Fail to Recognise Minorities? Case Studies from France Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (Sciences Po, France) 6. Participation of Minorities in Public Life: The Political Background and Central Role of Minority Self-governments in Hungary Balázs Vizi (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 7. State Recognition and Religious Minority Group Agency in a European Context Kyriaki Topidi (European Centre for Minority Issues, Germany) 8. Is Multiculturalism a Satisfactory Framework to Address Religious Diversity? Eugenia Relaño Pastor (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Part III Minority Recognition in Sociolegal Strategies and Frameworks 9. Freedom of Expression Revisited: Limiting Free Speech to Stop Silencing Women and Vulnerable Minorities Mia Caielli (Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy) 10. Building Bridges between Dismissal Protection and Non-discrimination Law: Reopening the Debate on Equality Principles and Social Groups Ceren Kasim (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)