Language Question in Europe and Diverse Societies Political, Legal and Social Perspectives
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Biografisk notat
Dario Castiglione teaches Political Theory at the University of Exeter. His main research interests are in the history and theory of political thought and European constitutionalism. Christopher Longman is Deputy Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Exeter. His research interests include: the politics of cultural diversity and the construction of European identity; language and politics in the EU; and European political integration.This collection of explorations of 'The Language Question' ... in the European Union is a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship on related topics ... The chapters are largely complementary in their approaches, thereby ensuring a genuinely multidimensional treatment of the book's subject matter. A book that ... provides plenty of food for thought and direction for future research. Dr Tarlach McGonagle European Public Law Volume 16 (2010) Issue 2
1. Introduction: Negotiating Language Regimes
Dario Castiglione
2. Theoretical Foundations of European Language Debates
Alan Patten
3. Language Policy of a Civic Nation-State: Constitutional Patriotism and Minority Language Rights
Omid A Payrow Shabani
4. Intercultural Recognition and Linguistic Diversity in Europe
Peter A Kraus
5. What is a Language? The Difficulties Inherent in Language Rights
Sue Wright
6. Linguistic Diversity and the Paradox of Rights Discourse
Reetta Toivanen
7. Minority Languages, Law and Politics: Tracing EC Action
Niamh Nic Shuibhne
8. The Political Discourse on Multilingualism in the European Union
Miquel Strubell
9. English as Lingua Franca: A Challenge to the Doctrine of Multilingualism
Chris Longman
10. Europe’s Linguistic Challenge
Philippe Van Parijs
11. The Babel of Europe? Networks and Communicative Spaces
Philip Schlesinger
Original research and theory on the relations between law, legal institutions and social processes.
The volumes in this series are eclectic in their disciplines, methodologies and theoretical perspectives, but they all share a strong comparative emphasis. The volumes originate in workshops hosted by the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
Founding Series Editors:
William L F Felstiner
Eve Darian-Smith
Editorial Board:
Carlos Lugo, Hostos Law School, Puerto Rico
Jacek Kurczewski, Warsaw University, Poland
Marie-Claire Foblets, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany
Ulrike Schultz, Fern Universität, Germany