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Sergiu Constantin* Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark (ed.), The Åland Example and Its Components Relevance for International Conflict Resolution (The Åland Islands Peace Institute, 2011), ISBN 978-952-5265-60-6 (paperback) As Professor Emeritus, Yash Ghai pointed out: [a]utonomy is seldom granted because it is considered to be a good thing in itself. So it often comes with suspicion and resentments. The moral quality of autonomy is then in danger of being dissipated in the process leading to its concession and later functioning. Due to the good sense of Finland, Sweden and the people of Åland, the moral quality of autonomy inspired them, ensuring its success, widely admired through the world.¹ Indeed, the case of the Åland Islands is presented sometimes even as a "model" of ethnoterritorial confl ict resolution. The present volume, edited by Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, challenges this simplistic view and explains why the Åland should not be understood as a one-size-fits-all solution but as an "example" with three main components: (i) demilitarization and neutralization, (ii) self-government and (iii) cultural and linguistic safeguards of the minority protection regime. Some of the specific features of this so-called Åland Example may serve as food for thought in various parts of the world
European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online – Brill
Published: Nov 17, 2014
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