KARL CORDELL Principal Lecturer in Politics, University of Plymouth, UK
DIETER W. HALWACHS Assistant Professor at the Institute for Linguistics, University of Grazm, Austria
KRISTIN HENRARD is Associate Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
STEPHEN MAY is Foundation Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy Education in the Arts and Language Department, School of Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand
MÁIRÉAD NIC CRAITH is Professor of European Culture and Society at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
CARMEN MILLÁN-VARELA Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Centre for English Language Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
CAMILLE O'REILLY Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Richmond, the American International University in London, UK
JOHN PACKER is Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, UK
VANESSA PUPAVAC Lecturer in Politics, University of Nottingham, UK
GRAHAM H. TURNER is Chair of Interpreting& Translation Studies at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland and Director of the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies in Scotland

Minority languages in Europe, as part of a common cultural heritage, need protection. This book reflects the various on-going debates among researchers

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Preface List of Tables PART 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction: Minority Languages in Europe: An Introduction to the Current Debate; G.Hogan-Brun & S.Wolff When Language is 'Just Symbolic': Reconsidering the Significance of Language to the Politics of Identity; C.O'Reilly PART 2: LEGAL FRAMEWORKS Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection in the Area of Language Rights; K.Henrard Facilitating or Generating Linguistic Diversity: Ulster-Scots and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; M.N.Craith The Practitioner's Perspective: Minority Languages and Linguistic Minorities in the Work of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities; J.Packer PART 3: CASE STUDIES German-speaking Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe: An Assessment of the Legislative and Policy Framework in Poland, Hungary and Romania; K.Cordell & S.Wolff Baltic National Minorities in a Transitional Setting; G.Hogan-Brun Politics and Language Rights: A Case Study of Language Politics in Croatia; V.Pupavac Minority Needs, or the Ambiguous Power of Translation; C.Millán-Varela On Policies and Prospects for British Sign Language; G.H. Turner The Changing Status of Romani in Europe; D.W.Halwachs PART 4: CONCLUSION Conclusion: Contesting Linguistic Homogeneity: Minority Policies and the Nation-State; S.May Index