Hanna H. Wei, Ph.D. (Bristol), is Associate Professor at the Law School of Shandong University, China. Her research interests are legal and political philosophy, human and minority rights.

• Excerpt of Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Minority Rights: Laws, Concepts, Contestations: 0. Introduction; 1. Historical Evolution of the Notion of Minority Rights; 2. Laws: International, Regional, National; 3. Concepts: Legal, Political, Social;Chapter 2: Liberal Ideals, the Nature of Identity, Minority Rights: 0. Introduction; 1. Taxonomies of Group Rights; 2. Necessity of Group Rights; 3. Theoretical Validity and Moral Defensibility of Group Rights; 4. Group Interests, ‘Illiberal Group Rights’, the Principle of Toleration; 5. The Dialogical Nature of Cultural Identity, of Minority Rights; 6. 'Proximity' and a Dialogic Concept of Minority Rights;Chapter 3: A Dialogical Translation of the Concept of Minority Rights: 1. Substantive, Procedural, Dialogical: What's In A Name?; 2. Legitimacy of Law and Dialogical Minority Rights; 3. A Dialogical Concept of Minority Rights; 4. Minority Rights and their Prioritisation5. Conclusion: Contextualizing Dialogical Processes;Chapter 4: Minority Rights against the State: 0. Introduction; 1. Minority Rights held by the Group against the State; 2. Rights held by Members of the Minority Group against the State; 3. Conclusion;Chapter 5: Rights against the Minority Group: 0. Introduction; 1. Why is this limb of minority rights necessary?; 2. The Right to Equal Concern3. Well-being and the Right to Internal Dialogue; 4. Theory in Practice: Cases; 5. The Right of ExitChapter 6: Group Agency and the Capacity to Self-Govern: 0. Introduction; 1. Moral Agency, Capacity and Group Rights; 2. The Practical Necessity of Internal Decision-Making Bodies; 3. Upgrading Capacities of Self-Government; 4. Conclusion;Chapter 7: The Future of Minority Rights: The Conclusion: 1. Minority Rights in Human Rights System: Pros and Cons; 2. Minority Rights and Dialogue: Limits, Challenges, Possibilities; 3. Conclusion: The Rights Culture vs. A Dialogical Rights Culture;Bibliography; Diagram; index