Language Rights in the Emerging World Linguistic Order: The State, the Market and Communication Technologies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Maps VII
4. List of Tables VII
5. List of Figures VIII
6. List of Contributors IX
7. Acknowledgments XIII
8. Conceptualising and Implementing Linguistic Human Rights 1
9. GENERAL ISSUES
10. International Languages and International Human Rights 23
11. Heroes, Rebels, Communities and States in Language Rights Activism and Litigation 47
12. "Don't Speak Hungarian in Public!"— A Documentation and Analysis of Folk Linguistic Rights 81
13. The Common Language Problem 99
14. LEGAL ISSUES
15. The Existing Rights of Minorities in International Law 115
16. The Slovak State Language Law as a Trade Law Problem 147
17. MARKET ISSUES
18. Market Forces, Language Spread and Linguistic Diversity 167
19. Linguistic Diversity, Human Rights and the "Free" Market 187
20. Language Rights in the Emerging World Linguistic Order: The State, the Market and Communication Technologies 223
21. LANGUAGE PLANNING ISSUES
22. Separating Language from Ethnicity: The Paradoxes of Strict Language Policies and Increasing Social Harmony in the Baltic States 243
23. Language Policy in a Changing Society: Problematic Issues in the Implementation of International Linguistic Human Rights Standards 263
24. EDUCATION AND ETHNICITY ISSUES
25. The Recognition of Sign Language: A Threat or the Way to a Solution? 277
26. Linguistic Human Rights Problems among Romani and Boyash Speakers in Hungary with Special Attention to Education 297
27. Contempt for Linguistic Human Rights in the Service of the Catholic Church: The Case of the Csángós 317
28. Index 332