Chapter 10 Conclusions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. Introduction The themes of the book 1
5. Chapter 1 Definitions. Theories of nationalism and the role of language. The nationalists and linguistic nationalism. The modernists, industrialisation and democracy. The post-modernists and the invention of tradition 10
6. Chapter 2 The role of language in nation state formation. The three European models: assimilation, blood and belonging and fragmentation 31
7. Chapter 3 Language as a key organising principle of nationalism. Contending schools in the debate. The linguistic realities of multilingual states 61
8. Chapter 4 The weakening of the concept of sovereignty. Globalisation and internationalisation in the legal, political, economic and cultural domains. The growing role of English as the medium of these phenomena 79
9. Chapter 5 The growth of the European Community. Theories of integration. The role of language 108
10. Chapter 6 Theories of democracy: participatory and liberal representative democracy. The essential role of language in democracy. The democratic deficit in the EU and the need to develop new practices for a multilingual polity 126
11. Chapter 7 Managing plurilingualism in the institutions of the EU 162
12. Chapter 8 New and smaller polities. Europe of the Regions. Support for the lesser-used languages of Europe 179
13. Chapter 9 Language in the domains of defence, education and research networks 194
14. Chapter 10 Conclusions 230
15. Bibliography 255
16. Index 275