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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grin, François.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992).

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Linguistic minorities--Protection--Europe.

Linguistic minorities.

Multiculturalism--Europe.

Multiculturalism.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 281 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

There are many approaches to the protection of linguistic and cultural diversity, particularly through the promotion of minority languages. In this book, Francois Grin provides an innovative treatment based on policy analysis, as a way of building bridges between the sociolinguistic and legal-institutional perspectives on minority language policy. He draws on language economics and education economics in balancing the discourse of linguistic human rights with the examination of resource allocation. While this approach can be applied to many minority languages which are in a sometimes critical situation, the focus for this book is the European continent and the implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Two distinguished practitioners in this area, Donall O Riagain and Regina Jensdottir, also contribute chapters and the text of the Charter is given in full. 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.

Contents:

Part I Core Issues and Concepts 1

The need for this book: filling a gap 3

Approach and structure of this book 11

2 Language Policy 19

What is language policy? 27

The policy analysis perspective 38

A framework for language policy 40

Part II The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 53

3 The Charter: an Overview 55

A brief history of the drafting and adoption of the Charter 55

The document 58

4 Implementing the Charter: Organisational Issues 69

The pre-ratification stage 69

Setting up the monitoring 73

Part III Application 79

5 From Legal Texts to 'Good Policy' 81

Negative rights, positive rights, and results 81

Defining 'good policy' 86

Three basic principles of good policy: a preview 91

6 Effectiveness 99

Examination of goals 99

Analysing cause-and-effect relationships 101

Output and outcome measurement: basic indicators 104

Generalised effectiveness comparison 109

Assessment of policy-specific effects 113

7 Costs and Cost-Effectiveness 117

Understanding and measuring costs 117

Cost-effectiveness evaluation 132

8 Democracy 147

Democracy and policy choice 147

Participatory democracy and the evolutionary character of democracy 149

Participatory democracy and language policy 153

9 A Walk-Through Example: Language Education Policy 163

Methodology 163

Linguistic environment 164

What works? 167

10 Assessment and Perspectives 193

Implementation of the Charter in practice 196

The role of language planning bodies 199

The way forward: diversity through 'normalitzacio' 201

Appendix I Text of the European Charter on Regional or Minority Languages 207

Appendix II Text of the Explanatory Report on the European Charter 221

Appendix III The 'Flensburg Recommendations' 246.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992)

ISBN:

1403900329

OCLC:

52194114