Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: Respecting linguistic diversity in the European Union 1
5. Part 1. Factual and theoretical approaches
6. Linguistic diversity as curse and as by-product 17
7. Linguistic diversity in the European Union: An overview 47
8. Principles of policy evaluation and their application to multilingualism in the European Union 73
9. A one-dimensional diversity? European integration and the challenge of language policy 85
10. Part 2. Protection of linguistic diversity in EU law
11. Union citizenship and language rights 107
12. EC law and minority language policy: Some recent developments 123
13. The protection of linguistic diversity through Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights 145
14. The protection of linguistic diversity through provisions of the EU Charter other than Article 22 175
15. Languages that are official in part of the territory of the Member States: Second-class languages or institutional recognition in EU law? 191
16. Appendix 231
17. Contributors 261
18. Index 265