This volume assesses Non-Territorial Autonomy (NTA) in terms of its practical capacity to support the linguistic, cultural, and educational rights of national minority groups across Europe. The fact that 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the coming into force of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on National Minorities (FCNM) and European Charter for Regional and Minority languages (ECRML) makes this book especially timely and relevant. Its numerous detailed empirical studies, one of which uses FCNM reporting as a benchmark, give a picture of the extent (or otherwise) to which international minority rights standards are actually being realized through various NTA arrangements. In keeping with the principles laid out in these foundational documents, the contributions to this volume acknowledge that when it comes to the effective delivery of linguistic, cultural and educational rights, NTA is best regarded not as an alternative but as a complement to territorially based arrangements.This is an open access book.
Author(s): David J. Smith, Ivan Dodovski, Flavia Ghencea
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 201
City: Cham
Contents
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy
References
The Role of Law and Non-Territorial Autonomy Arrangements in the Implementation of Linguistic Rights: A Comparative Perspective
1 Introduction
2 NTA Arrangements and Their Public Powers
3 NTA Arrangements and Linguistic Rights
4 NTA Arrangements and Official Use of Languages and Scripts
5 Concluding Remarks
References
‘Living the Same Full Life’? A Critical Assessment of Non-Territorial Autonomy Practice in the Vojvodina and Sápmi Contexts
1 Introduction
2 Hungarian NTA in Vojvodina
3 Sámi NTA in the Arctic Region
4 Conclusions
References
The Dilemma of Responsibility: The Role of Kin-States and Nation-States in Implementing Non-Territorial Autonomy Models to Realise Minorities’ Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights
1 Introduction: Minority Education, Autonomy and Liberal Multiculturalism
2 Minority Schools
3 Background: Schleswig as a Case of Border Delineation in Line with National Self-Determination and Minority NTA
4 The 2010 School Conflict
5 Discourse: The ‘Wealthy Minority Schools’
6 Bilateral Action: The National Governments Take Charge
7 Consequences
References
The Evanescence of Autonomy for Minority Groups: The Hungarian Minority in Romania and the Complex Nexus of Dependence
1 Introduction
2 The Conceptualisation of Autonomy for Minority Groups
3 Cultural Autonomy in Romania: A Dream That Hasn’t Come True
4 The Hungarian Minority and the Nexus of Dependence
Romania’s Funding of Minority Cultures
The Role of the Kin-State
5 Conclusion
References
Illiberal Forms of Non-Territorial Autonomy: The Sudeten German Party Case
1 Introduction
2 The Sudeten German Party and the Volksschutzgesetze of 1937
3 The Illiberal Adaptation of NTA of the Völkisch Type
4 The ‘Sovereign Ethnicities’ and the Path Towards National Totalitarianism
5 Conclusion
References
The Implications of Administrative Decentralisation on the Development of Non-Territorial Autonomy Practices: The Case of Romania
1 Introduction
2 The Main Characteristics of the Institution of Decentralisation
3 Decentralisation in Romania
4 Decentralisation and the Practices that Can Be Labelled as NTA
5 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Linguistic Rights in Greece: Crossing Through Territorial and Non-Territorial Arrangements
1 Introduction
2 The Legacy of the Millet Shapes Language Rights
3 Language Policy for the Reversed Millet: Jews, Muslims and Armenians
4 Education Rights for Muslims
5 Language Policies and Law for Non-Greek-Speaking Christians
6 Language Policies for Immigrant Communities
7 Conclusions
Annexes
References
Critical Analysis of the Linguistic Rights Strategies of the Hungarian National Minority Council in Serbia
1 Introduction
2 The Importance and the Uniqueness of the HNMC’s Linguistic Rights Strategies
3 The First Hungarian Linguistic Rights Strategy (2012–2017)
Strategic Goals and Programmes
Critical Analysis
4 The Second/Valid Linguistic Rights Strategy (2021–2026)
Strategic Goals and Programmes
5 Conclusion
References
Non-Territorial Autonomy and Minority Rights: Impact of the Self-Governing National Communities on Minority Protection in Slovenia
1 Introduction
2 Personal Scope of Application
3 Culture
4 Media
5 Language Use
6 Education
7 Participation in Public Affairs
8 Territorial Organisation (Administrative Change)
9 Cross-Border Cooperation
10 Conclusion
References
Cultural Autonomy, Safe Haven or Window-Dressing? Institutions Maintained by Minority Self-Governments in Hungary
1 Introduction
2 Non-Territorial Autonomy, National Cultural Autonomy and Institutions: Conceptual Challenges
3 The Process of Institutionalisation Within the Hungarian Model of NCA
4 The Key Disputed Issues of Institutionalisation
5 Conclusions
Appendix 1: The number of educational institutions (kindergartens, schools) maintained by local and national minority self-governments, 2003–2022
Appendix 2: Support for institutions maintained by national minority self-governments, 2003–2022 (million HUF)
References
Can Non-Territorial Autonomy Help to Enforce the Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights of the Roma?
1 Introduction
2 The Demographic, Socio-Economic and Political Position of the Roma in Europe
3 The Roma in Spain
History, Demography and Social Position
Language and Culture
Education
Current Policies Towards the Roma
4 The Roma in North Macedonia
History, Demography and Social Position
Language and Culture
Education
Current Policies Towards the Roma
5 NTA and the Roma People
Examples of NTA and the Roma
Can NTA Help to Enforce the Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights of the Roma in Spain and North Macedonia?
6 Conclusion
References
