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Title

Language policy evaluation and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages / François Grin ; with contributions by Regina Jensdóttir and Dónall Ó Riagáin.

Author

Grin, François

Publication

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

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Additional Authors

• Regina Jensdóttir, 1968-
• Ó Riagáin, Dónall.

Description

xii, 281 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Academic researchers in language planning and language policy, ethnicity, culture and identity, as well as professionals involved in the implementation of regional, national and international programmes for the protection of minority languages, will find this book offers a fresh perspective and a wide range of practical tools for policy development."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992)

Subject

• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992)
• Language policy > Europe
• Linguistic minorities > Protection > Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Selected Internet resources: p. 252-264.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. Core Issues and Concepts -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Language Policy -- Pt. II. The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages -- 3. The Charter: an Overview -- 4. Implementing the Charter: Organisational Issues -- Pt. III. Application -- 5. From Legal Texts to 'Good Policy' -- 6. Effectiveness -- 7. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness -- 8. Democracy -- 9. A Walk-Through Example: Language Education Policy -- Pt. IV. Conclusions -- 10. Assessment and Perspectives -- App. I. Text of the European Charter on Regional or Minority Languages -- App. II. Text of the Explanatory Report on the European Charter -- App. III. The 'Flensburg Recommendations' -- App. IV. Selected Internet Resources.

ISBN

1403900329

LCCN

^^2004296712

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