Europe and the Politics of Language: Citizens, Migrants and Outsiders

by Máiréad Nic Craith

Book Overview

Do political boundaries impact on concepts of language? How significant is language for citizenship in contemporary Europe? Can disputed languages acquire full status? Should non-European languages receive recognition from the EU? These are among the many questions explored in this new study of official, regional and disputed languages in an ever-changing European context. Broad policy issues and the performance of the range of instruments of policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349514152
• ISBN13: 9781349514151
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"