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There are over twenty-five cultural minorities in the western industrial world today individually sufficiently numerous and having the will to ensure that their separate characteristics are maintained and developed.1 In addition, four states acknowledge the multicultural principle as the basis for their existence.2
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T. H. Bagley, General Principles and Problems in the International Protection of Minorities (Geneva, 1950 ), pp. 16–17.
I. L. Claude, National Minorities (New York, 1955), pp. 56 ff.
cf. A. G. Dworkin and R. J. Dworkin, The Minority Report (New York, 1976 ), p. 20.
P. Mayo, The Roots of Identity (London, 1974), p. 91. Notable areas where second homes are a problem: Cornwall, Wales, Brittany, Val d’Aosta. In South Tyrol the Provincial government has made it very difficult for non-local inhabitants to acquire such property.
A. E. Alcock, Protection of Minorities-3 Case Studies: South Tyrol, Cyprus, Quebec ( Belfast: Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, 1975 ).
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Alcock, A.E. (1979). The Development of Governmental Attitudes to Cultural Minorities in Western Industrial States. In: Alcock, A.E., Taylor, B.K., Welton, J.M. (eds) The Future of Cultural Minorities. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04262-3_7
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