On analysing the Latvian regulatory framework governing work of state police in a multicultural society and practice its application, author proposes number improvements, mostly concerning internal police. With respect to applying legal framework, follow recommendations European Union institutions best practices Member States this area, with emphasis on Recommendations Policing Multi-Ethnic Soc...

In multiethnic states, in which numerically large national, ethnic or linguistic minorities exist with a strong distinct identity, the principle of democracy requires that these groups have representatives parliaments. However, many states national-ethnic majority makes efforts to exclude minimize representation minority legislative bodies. Serbia and Hungary are nation relatively high percenta...

More than democratic deficit, most countries of the Middle East suffer from the fundamental problem over their national identity. More than three-quarters of a century after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire from which most of them emerged, these states have been unable to define, project, and maintain a national identity that is both inclusive and representative. None of the countries o...

We analyse the optimal level of political decision making, national or regional. The benefit of policy making at the regional level is that it allows for policy differentiation, which serves the interests of regional majorities. The argument in favor of a national policy is that it may generate a more moderate policy, which protects the interests of regional minorities. Our paper analyses how t...