Research on religious freedom has found a vast chasm between constitutional promises and state practices, with being poor predictor of the state’s support freedom. This research changes focus from to equality. We propose that equality will be associated less discrimination against minority religions we explore relationships governance hold discrimination. find are When exploring interactions ou...

This paper has three goals. The first, and perhaps the most important, is to provide a new compilation of data on ethnic, linguistic and religious composition at the sub-national level for a large number of countries. This data set allows us to measure segregation of different ethnic, religious and linguistic groups within the same country. The second goal is to correlate measures of segregatio...

This paper starts with the argument that, whether Language rights are considered as a part of Human Rights under various International Treaties & Conventions. If yes, then how far recognition is substantive in protecting Linguistic especially reference to Indigenous Tribal Minorities (ITM) communities across globe and case studies involving India. Further, this research examines protection or c...

Over the last decades, two important debates have echoed each other in Western European countries. The first is quite ancient, and touches upon the place of custom in the legal system and its distinction from (state) law.' The second debate, of more recent origins, pertains to the integration of minorities through recognition of their distinct religious normative orders.2 Despite fundamental di...

The article is devoted to the study of concept «public association a national minority (community) Ukraine». relevance due process reforming legislation on minorities Ukraine, which one conditions for granting Ukraine status candidate accession European Union. It noted that public associations (communities) are means realizing collective rights as well an external form exercising individual dev...

There is a growing recognition of the need to examine religiousness and conduct research on its influence on acculturation and adjustment among ethnic minorities (Güngör et al. in Int J Behav Dev 36:367-373, 2012. doi:10.1177/0165025412448357). The present study compares Turkish minority youth in Bulgaria and Germany by examining relationships among religious identity, acculturation orientation...

Underserved ethnic minorities have multiple chronic disease risk factors, including tobacco, alcohol and substance use, which contribute to increased incidence of stroke. Self-efficacy (self-care self-efficacy), religious participation and depression may directly and indirectly influence engagement in post stroke self-care behaviors. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate the e...