Minority languages, national languages, and official language policies /edited by Gillian Lane-Mercier, Denise Merkle, and Jane Koustas.

Includes bibliographies and index.

An examination of the interdisciplinary field of language policy offering a rich collection of new research on diversity and multilingualism.

Introduction: Toward an Ethos of Diversity ; "Diversity Is Diverse": Complex Diversity and Deep Diversity ; 1 Choosing Concepts for Sustainable Diversity Management Policies ; Problematizing the Ethos of Diversity: Majority National Languages and Official Language Policy ; 2 Multilingualism without Multiculturalism? The Case of Luxembourg ; 3 The Future of Multilingualismin Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan ; Protecting and Revitalizing Endangered Traditional Minority Languages ; 4 Minority Language Protection in Italy and Local Initiatives to Protect Francoprovençal in Apulia ; 5 Dyw un iaith byth yn ddigon -- One Language Is Never Enough: Language Policy and Translation in Modern Wales ; 6 International Models of Language Policy and Language Planning: Official Bilingualism in Ireland and Sociolinguistic Reality ; Indigenous Languages and Official Language Policy: The Canadian Example ; 7 Language, Education, and the Structuring of Canada's Social Sphere ; 8 Indigenizing Language Policy in Canada: Redressing Racial Hierarchies in Language and Education; Decolonization and Official Language Policy: The African Example ; 9 The Promotion of Languages in Nigeria: An Example of Problematic Official Multilingualism in Africa ; 10 Denying Linguistic and Cultural Pluralism in Algeria: An Official Model of Diversity Management ; Challenging the Limits of Official Language Policy ; 11 Challenging the Borders of Nation: Language and Translational Language Policy in the Plurilingual Romani Context ; Afterword: Diversity Must Remain Diverse

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