Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation: The Mask of Piety (Language and Globalization) - Softcover

Williams, C.

 
9781349433445: Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation: The Mask of Piety (Language and Globalization)
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ISBN 10: 1349433446 ISBN 13: 9781349433445
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Canada.

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About the Author

Colin H. Williams is Research Professor and Director of the Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit in the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK. He also holds Visiting Professorships at Aberdeen and UHI universities in the UK and the University of Primorska, Slovenia, and Western Ontario, Canada. He is a former member of the Welsh Language Board and serves as an advisor to government agencies in Europe and North America. His previous publications include Called Unto Liberty, Linguistic Minorities in Democratic Context and, as editor, Language Revitalization, Language and Governance, and with H.S. Thomas (joint editor) Parents, Personality and Power.




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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1349433446
ISBN 13 
9781349433445
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
355

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