Language and conflict in Northern Ireland and Canada : a silent war / / Janet Muller

• Autore: Muller Janet <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2010.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44/9416
• Soggetto topico: Irish language - Political aspects - Northern Ireland; Irish language - Social aspects - Northern Ireland; Language policy - Northern Ireland; Language planning - Northern Ireland; Sociolinguistics - Northern Ireland; French language - Political aspects - Quebec (Province); Language policy - Quebec (Province); Language planning - Quebec (Province)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Introduction; 1 A Silent War: Conflict Resolution and Language Policy and Planning in the North of Ireland and Quebec/Canada; 2 The Irish Language in the North of Ireland: Statistics; 3 The Irish Language and the Good Friday Agreement; 4 The Ratification and Application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; 5 Irish Language Broadcasting since the Good Friday Agreement: Sop in áit na scuaibe? Sword or Ploughshare?; 6 The British Government Commitment to Enact the Irish Language Act ; 7 The Submissions of the Political Parties to the First Public Consultation on Proposed Irish Language Legislation for NI8 Submissions from Key Public Bodies and a 20 per cent Sample of Individual Responses to the Public Consultation on the Proposed Irish Language Legislation; 9 Quebec v. the Rest in the Twenty-First Century: Coming-of-Age, or Losing the Plot?; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Muller provides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s.
• Titolo autorizzato: Language and conflict in Northern Ireland and Canada
• ISBN: 1-282-91147-3; 9786612911477; 0-230-28167-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814757103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.