Governance provides a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of minority protection through national constitutional law and international law in Europe. Using a critical theoretical and methodological approach, this textbook provides a historical analysis of state formation and nation building in Europe, provides a sociologically informed political theory for how to reconcile the functional prerequisites for political unity, legal equality and social cohesion with the preservation of cultural diversity; examines the liberal and nationalist ideological framing of minority protection in liberal-democratic regimes and analyses the ongoing trend of re-nationalisation in Europe. Eleven legal and political scientists from Eurac Research and the University of Graz contributed to the textbook.

 - Joseph Marko, editor and Head of Institute, Institute for Minority Rights Eurac Research

- Sergiu Constantin, assistant editor and Researcher, Institute for Minority Rights Eurac Research

The discussion will be in English (no translation provided).

Refreshments offered at the end of the presentation.

For further information: Institute for Minority Rights minority.rights@eurac.edu Tel. 0471 055 200