Download or read book Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies written by Matthias Koenig and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in association with UNESCO, this volume examines the political governance of cultural diversity. Interdisciplinary to comparative social sciences, it assesses public-policy responses to ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity, and addresses the conditions, forms, and consequences of democratic and human-rights-based governance of multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-faith societies.