Language and Governance - Couverture souple

Williams, Colin H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708321127 ISBN 13 : 9780708321126

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2007

Synopsis

Language and Governance discusses the relationship between language and governance in Europe and Canada revealing the complexity of this relationship. The volume draws together leading specialists, practitioners and advisers on official language policy in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, the EU and Canada, charged with the implementation of language policy. Central themes in the book discuss the nature of evolving federal systems; the underlying tension in Canada between official bilingualism and pluralism (especially as it impacts on native peoples and minority language groups); the nature of community rights and community empowerment; the central role of the civil service within the transition programmes of the devolved administrations and the inadequacy of corpus language planning for minority languages used in new devolved administrations This volume is an excellent amalgam of academic scrutiny and first hand knowledge of the intricacies of promoting official and lesser used languages in Canada and parts of the European Union.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Professor Colin H. Williams is Adjunct Professor in Geography at the University of Western Ontario; Honorary Professor of Celtic Studies, University of Aberdeen and a member of the Welsh Language Board.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0708321127
• ISBN 13: 9780708321126
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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