Adopting a post-structuralist approach in analyzing the Euromosaic data about European minority language groups, Glyn Williams argues that different states construct minority language groups and speakers in different ways. This leads to an argument about the nature of democracy and how the current changes in governmental discourses accommodate linguistic and cultural diversity.
The first major study from an important EC sponsored project drawing on qualitative and quantitative data not available in an organized way elsewhere
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction: The Minoritisation of Language Groups Conceptualisation and Method Legitimation Education Reproduction: Family, Community and Household Media Use Language Prestige Institutionalisation of Language Use Data Evaluation Diversity and Democracy Bibliography Index Appendix