ISBN:
9780230502666
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (286 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.44/94
Keywords:
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages-(1992)
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Language policy-Europe..
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Linguistic minorities-Protection-Europe
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Part I -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- The need for this book: filling a gap -- Approach and structure of this book -- 2 Language Policy -- A note on terminology -- What is language policy? -- The policy analysis perspective -- A framework for language policy -- Part II -- 3 The Charter: an Overview -- A brief history of the drafting and adoption of the Charter -- The document -- 4 Implementing the Charter: Organisational Issues -- The pre-ratification stage -- Setting up the monitoring -- Part III -- 5 From Legal Texts to 'Good Policy' -- Negative rights, positive rights, and results -- Defining 'good policy' -- Three basic principles of good policy: a preview -- 6 Effectiveness -- Examination of goals -- Analysing cause-and-effect relationships -- Output and outcome measurement: basic indicators -- Generalised effectiveness comparison -- Assessment of policy-specific effects -- 7 Costs and Cost-Effectiveness -- Understanding and measuring costs -- Cost-effectiveness evaluation -- 8 Democracy -- Democracy and policy choice -- Participatory democracy and the evolutionary character of democracy -- Participatory democracy and language policy -- 9 A Walk-Through Example: Language Education Policy -- Methodology -- Linguistic environment -- What works? -- Part IV -- 10 Assessment and Perspectives -- Summary -- Implementation of the Charter in practice -- The role of language planning bodies -- The way forward: diversity through 'normalització' -- Appendix I Text of the European Charter on Regional or Minority Languages -- Appendix II Text of the Explanatory Report on the European Charter -- Appendix III The 'Flensburg Recommendations' -- Appendix IV Selected Internet Resources -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Name Index.
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